Name: | ANTIQUARY |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 30/10/1889 |
Completed: | 12/1889 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 32 |
Dimensions: | 1030grt, 643nrt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 111nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95216 |
History: | |
12/1889 | Geo Gibson & Co, Leith |
1901 | D/S Ajax (D Torm), Helsingor; renamed AJAX |
1907 | Managers Svendsen & Christensen |
25/12/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/12/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U104 off Audierne Bay at 47.54N 04.35W |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore |