Name: | CLEARFIELD |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 24/11/1908 |
Completed: | 01/1909 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 170 |
Dimensions: | 4211grt, 2656nrt, 350.0 x 48.5 x 28.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 339nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Iron & Steel |
Reg Number: | 125451 |
History: | |
01/1909 | Hunting & Son, Newcastle |
1914 | Hunting Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
24/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/10/1916: Shelled & sunk by U-Boat U55 when west of the Hebrides |
On a voyage from Invergordon to Hampton Roads in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 25/11/1908