Name: | CAPE ANTIBES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/05/1903 |
Completed: | 06/1903 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 125 |
Dimensions: | 2549grt, 1616nrt, 325.7 x 45.3 x 20.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 261nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117380 |
History: | |
06/1903 | Cape Antibes Steamship Co Ltd (Lyle Shipping Co Ltd), Greenock |
21/10/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/10/1915: Sunk by a mine between Cape Gorodetski and Cape Orloff, |
at the entrance to the White Sea, on a voyage from Barry to Arkhangelsk. | |
Mine laid on 07-08/06/1915 by SMS METEOR. |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Greenock Telegraph & Clyde Shipping Gazette, Thursday, 14/05/1903