Name: | CASTLEGARTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/09/1892 |
Completed: | 10/1892 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 284 |
Dimensions: | 2615grt, 1673nrt, 298.5 x 40.1 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101808 |
History: | |
10/1892 | Clapham Steamship Co Ltd (GE McCarthy), Newcastle |
1914 | P Macris & ED Hadjiconstantis, Syra; renamed FOFO |
04/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/12/1916: Sank after being captured & scuttled by U-Boat UB37 when |
100 miles south of the Scillies at 48.30N – 06.15W | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Saint Vincent with a cargo of coal |
Photo as FOFO courtesy of Richard Cox