Name: | CHRISTOPHER launched as KADUNA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/12/1909 |
Completed: | 04/1910 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 173 |
Dimensions: | 4416grt, 2747nrt, 360.0 x 50.1 x 22.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 367nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128041 |
History: | |
20/04/1910 | Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1914 | British & African SN Co Ltd (Elder Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1914 | Renamed OBUASI |
08/07/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as KADUNA for Elder Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool |
08/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U49, 290 miles NWxW of Fastnet | |
On a voyage from Dakar to Liverpool carrying passengers & general cargo |
Lloyd's List, Saturday, 01/01/1910
Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 27/04/1910