Name: | BEGONIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/01/1918 |
Completed: | 03/1918 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 208 |
Dimensions: | 2929grt, 1783nrt, 331.0 x 48.0 x 22.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 139882 |
History: | |
06/03/1918 | Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields |
21/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB55, 44 miles SxW of Wolf Rock |
On a voyage from the Tyne & Plymouth to Salonica carrying Admiralty stores |