Name: | BLACKTOFT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/03/2010 |
Completed: | 05/1910 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 163 |
Dimensions: | 1109grt, 654nrt, 225.2 x 36.2 x 14.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 50 x 33ins), 169nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128873 |
History: | |
04/05/1910 | Wetherall Steamship Co Ltd (JH Wetherall), Goole |
1917 | JH Wetherall & Co Ltd, Goole |
1935 | Toft Steamship Co Ltd (TH Donking & Sons Ltd), Middlesbrough |
22/02/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/02/1945: Torpedoed & sunk by a German MTB, 25 miles NE of Great Yarmouth |
On a voyage from Goole to Caen with a cargo of pitch |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox