Name: | BURTON CONSTABLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/09/1892 |
Completed: | 10/1892 |
Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 62 |
Dimensions: | 1966grt, 1276nrt, 275.5 x 36.7 x 16.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33.5 & 55 x 36ins), 176nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99589 |
History: | |
10/1892 | GR Sanderson & Co, Hull |
1893 | Deddington Steamship Co Ltd (H Samman & Co), Hull; renamed BURTON |
1906 | Flindt, Drost & Co, Copenhagen; renamed LILIAN DROST |
08/05/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/05/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U36 at 56.37N - 03.40E |
On a voyage from Blyth to Copenhagen with a cargo of coal & coke |
Above photo as BURTON courtesy of Richard Cox
Above image as LILIAN DROST is copyright of the Museet for Sofart