Name: | BETTY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/06/1912 |
Completed: | 09/1912 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 178 |
Dimensions: | 2109grt, 1254nrt, 281.4 x 43.1 x 19.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 219nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
09/1912 | A/S D/S Heimdal (Martin Carl), Copenhagen |
26/05/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/05/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U16, 170 miles NE of Blyth |
On a voyage from Blyth to Copenhagen with a cargo of coal & coke |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox