Name: | CITY OF BRISBANE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/10/1917 |
Completed: | 03/1918 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1015 |
Dimensions: | 6750grt, 4300nrt, 450.5 x 56.5 x 33.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 44.75 & 78 x 54ins), 447nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140561 |
History: | |
25/02/1918 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd.), Liverpool |
13/08/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB57, 1.5 miles SSW of Newhaven |
On a voyage from London to Buenos Aires in ballast |