Name: | ANTONY |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/11/1906 |
Completed: | 02/1907 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 413 |
Dimensions: | 6446grt, 3760nrt, 418.5 x 52.3 x 27.2ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 850nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124043 |
History: | |
02/1907 | Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
17/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 200 x 1st & 300 x 3rd Class passengers |
17/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC48, 19 miles WxN of Coningbeg LV | |
On a voyage from Para to Liverpool carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Monday, 19/11/1906