Name: | CITY OF LONDON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/11/1891 |
Completed: | 1891 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 162 |
Dimensions: | 351grt, 182nrt, 135.3 x 23.6 x 11.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99031 |
History: | |
1891 | DC Thomas & Son, London |
1913 | Brussels Steamship Co Ltd (DC Thomas & Son), London |
1927 | Renamed CITY OF LIČGE |
1929 | Hecht Pfieffer (London) Ltd, London |
1930 | Metal & Iron Corporation Ltd, London; renamed INGELO |
1930 | Hugo Köster, Rostock; renamed AXEL |
1936 | Köster & Seelig, Roctock |
10/01/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/10/1940: Sank after a collision with GRILLE in Kiel Bay |
On a voyage from Graasten to Kiel with with a cargo of pigs |