Name: | CHARLES T JONES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/07/1890 |
Completed: | 09/1890 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 261 |
Dimensions: | 2422grt, 1562nrt, 290.4 x 40.0 x 19.8ft |
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: | 95198 |
History: | |
09/1890 | Charles T Jones Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff |
1904 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
1915 | Gart SS Co Ltd (Whimster & Co), Glasgow; renamed GARTNESS |
1917 | The Laurium Transport Co Ltd (Leopold Walford (London) Ltd, Glasgow |
19/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by KuK submarine U40, 180 miles SE of Malta |
On a voyage from Ergasteria to Middlesbrough with manganese ore, lead and arsenic |
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