Name: | ANCROFT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/02/1905 |
Completed: | 05/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 727 |
Dimensions: | 3291grt, 2106nrt, 331.2 x 49.0 x 22.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 64 x 45ins), 308nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118654 |
History: | |
05/1905 | Adam Brothers Ltd, Newcastle |
1910 | W Denton, CS Swan & JB Adam (Stamp, Mann & Co), Newcastle |
1911 | Lodore Steamship Co Ltd (Watson, Munro & Co), London; renamed LODANER |
16/04/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/04/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB73 SE of South Arklow Light Vessel |
On a voyage from Salta Caballo via Brest to Glasgow with a cargo of ore |