Name: | BURNHOPE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/08/1907 |
Completed: | 09/1907 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 145 |
Dimensions: | 1941grt, 1183nrt, 272.0 x 40.0 x 17.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125430 |
History: | |
09/1907 | Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
14/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/12/1916: Sunk by mine laid by U-Boat UC32 in Hartlepool Bay |
On voyage from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of coal |
Photo courtesy of Clive Ketley
Marine Engineer, 01/09/1907
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 15/12/1916