Name: | CITY OF WINCHESTER |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/04/1917 |
Completed: | 10/1917 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 866 |
Dimensions: | 7981grt, 4478nrt, 456.1 x 57.9 x 31.2ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 736nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140546 |
History: | |
19/11/1917 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Glasgow |
09/05/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/05/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U103, 880 miles W of Sierra Leone |
On a voyage from London to Table Bay & Beira carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is copyright of FG Wilkinson
Above photo is copyright of FG Wilkinson