Name: | BRANKSOME HALL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/10/1904 |
Completed: | 12/1904 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 723 |
Dimensions: | 4262grt, 2728nrt, 374.7 x 46.6 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 69 x 48ins), 420nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118149 |
History: | |
12/1904 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool |
1906 | McGregor, Gow & Co, Liverpool; renamed GLENAVON |
1911 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
1911 | Renamed BRANKSOME HALL |
14/07/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB105 |
when 68 miles NW by W of Marsa Susa | |
On a voyage from Newport to Port Said with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 26/10/1904