Name: | BEAUFRONT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/05/1915 |
Completed: | 07/1915 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 191 |
Dimensions: | 1720grt, 913nrt, 255.3 x 38.2 x 17.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 287nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137369 |
History: | |
07/1915 | Tyneside Line Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), North Shields |
06/01/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/01/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U82, 76 miles NWxW of Ouessant |
On a voyage from Bilbao to the Tees with a cargo of iron ore |