Name: | CHANCELLOR launched as CUNDALL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/05/1891 |
Completed: | 07/1891 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 166 |
Dimensions: | 4753grt, 2984nrt, 400.0 x 47.0 x 28.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 48 & 77 x 51ins), 461nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97882 |
History: | |
07/1891 | Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool |
1901 | Rob M Sloman & Co, Hamburg; renamed PALLANZA |
1903 | Dampfs Rhed “Union”, Hamburg |
1907 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
1914 | Imperial German Navy; Renamed SPERRBRECHER 4 |
11/02/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as CUNDALL for Christopher Furness |
1914: Requisitioned by the German Navy as a mine clearance vessel | |
11/02/1915: Sunk by a mine in the Ems estuary at 53.35N 06.37E | |
after running into a German minefield in fog |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 12/05/1891