Name: | BARRINGTON COURT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/08/1906 |
Completed: | 09/1906 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 790 |
Dimensions: | 4367grt, 2834nrt, 355.0 x 50.0 x 27.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 356nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123698 |
History: | |
05/09/1906 | Haldinstein & Co Ltd, London |
1915 | Company restyled Haldin & Co Ltd, London |
1916 | Margam Abbey Steamship Co Ltd; renamed MARGAM ABBEY |
01/11/1917 | Stranded |
Comments: | 16/02/1915: Requisitioned for war service by the Shipping Controller |
Managed by Williams & Morden, Cardiff | |
01/11/1917: Torpedoed by U-Boat UB50 off Collo, Algeria & beached. Total loss | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal | |
Owners paid £98,000 in settlement | |
1920: British Register closed |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 10/08/1906