Name: | BRONZE WINGS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/11/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1915 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 223 |
Dimensions: | 3863grt, 2412nrt, 375.2 x 51.9 x 23.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 367nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136812 |
History: | |
13/03/1915 | Wing Steamship Co Ltd (Norman Hallett & Co), London |
1917 | WL Scott, London |
1917 | Universal Steam Navigation Co Ltd (P Samuel & Co), London; renamed NOELLE |
1922 | Redcroft Steam Navigation Co (1921) Ltd, (Lewis Lougher & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1922 | Renamed LADY CHARLOTTE |
1936 | DA Kydoniefs, Andros, Greece; renamed MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS |
1946 | Evgenia J Chandris, Piraeus; renamed VARVASSI |
05/01/1947 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1914: Laid down as RYNFIELD |
05/01/1947: Wrecked near the Needles Light House | |
On a voyage from Bone to Southampton with a cargo of tangerines & ore |
Above photo as LADY CHARLOTTE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya
Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya
Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 23/11/1914