Name: | CANADA CAPE launched as GLORIANA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/11/1903 |
Completed: | 02/1904 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 110 |
Dimensions: | 4286grt, 2795nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 28.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118073 |
History: | |
30/01/1904 | Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool |
1911 | Elder Line Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1912 | H & C Grayson, Liverpool |
1914 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, London; renamed WAIHEMO |
17/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as GLORIANA for British Maritime Trust, West Hartlepool |
See press release for AGINCOURT for confirmation | |
04/01/1904: Whilst under tow to Sunderland to receive her engine, she collided | |
with the north pier, the tow parted & she collided with the south pier | |
Damage was subsequently repaired | |
04/06/1912: Damaged by fire at Cape Town, beached and later refloated | |
1912: Ownership to H & C Grayson for the repair and re-sale | |
17/03/1918: Sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Athens, 3 miles SW of Pleval Light, Piraeus | |
On a voyage from Durban to Piraeus with a cargo of maize | |
Mine laid by U-Boat UC37 on 11/02/1918. |