Name: | BRITANNIA launched as KABYLIE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/08/1902 |
Completed: | 09/1902 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 108 |
Dimensions: | 1814grt, 1161nrt, 270.0 x 39.5 x 18.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 206nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115911 |
History: | |
09/1902 | J Hall Jnr & Co, London |
08/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/08/1902: Launched as KABYLIE for Lombard Steamship Co, London |
08/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U38, 70 miles WxS of Cabo Sines, Portugal | |
On a voyage from London to Malaga carrying general cargo |
Above photo as BRITANNIA courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 06/08/1902