Name: | CANNIZARO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/09/1914 |
Completed: | 10/1914 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 220 |
Dimensions: | 6133grt, 3899nrt, 420.0 x 53.4 x 33.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 470nhp |
Engines by: | Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136211 |
History: | |
19/10/1914 | T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull |
1917 | Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd, Hull |
28/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U24, 250 miles WxN of Best |
On a voyage from New York to Hull carrying stores & general cargo |
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 05/09/1914