Name: | CHARING CROSS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/04/1892 |
Completed: | 05/1892 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 666 |
Dimensions: | 2534grt, 1646nrt, 300.0 x 40.2 x 20.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 42ins), 236nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99068 |
History: | |
05/1892 | John A Lee, Cardiff; registered at London |
1898 | Charing Cross Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), London |
01/07/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/1/1910: Grounded on the Isle of Arran during a blizzard |
On a voyage from Seville to the Clyde. Subsequently refloated | |
01/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB40, 4 miles ExN of Flamborough Head | |
On a voyage from the Tyne with a cargo of coal |
Above: Aground on the Isle of Arran. Photographer unknown