Name: | BOVERTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/12/1909 |
Completed: | 02/1910 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 167 |
Dimensions: | 3117grt, 1953nrt, 331.0 x 48.1 x 21.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 298nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128502 |
History: | |
09/02/1910 | Euston Steamship Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff |
1910 | Dunraven Steamship Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff |
1910 | Renamed DUNRAVEN |
07/1917 | The Admiralty; renamed BOVERTON |
10/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 07/1917: Hired by The Admiralty as a submarine decoy vessel |
or "Q Ship" and operated as BOVERTON | |
08/08/1917: Damaged in a gunfire exchange with U-Boat UC71 | |
when 130 miles west of Ouessant | |
10/08/1917: Sank while under tow in the English Channel |
Lloyd's List, Saturday, 11/12/1909