Name: | BRANKSOME TOWER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/03/1892 |
Completed: | 05/1892 |
Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 59 |
Dimensions: | 3209grt, 2036nrt, 331.0 x 40.2 x 26.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 45ins), 274nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99075 |
History: | |
05/1892 | F Stumore & Co, London |
1892 | Hamburg-Südamerikansiche Dampfs Ges, Hamburg; renamed RIO |
1902 | Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg; renamed SERIPHOS |
1916 | The Shipping Controller (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
1916 | Renamed HUNTSGULF |
1920 | P Mitrovich, Dubrovnik; renamed JUGOSLAVEN PRVI |
1924 | Josip Ucovich, Dubrovnik: renamed VOJSLAV |
Q1/1927 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/1914: Laid up at Piraeus |
03/09/1916: Seized at Piraeus by Allied Forces | |
Q1/1927: Broken up at Inverkeithing by TW Ward Ltd |