Name: | CORNWALL |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1896 |
Completed: | 14/11/1896 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 339 |
Dimensions: | 5490grt, 3554nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 505nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105897 |
History: | |
14/11/1896 | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1913 | Coe & Clerici, Genoa; renamed ATLANTIDE |
09/02/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 12 x 1st & 150 x 3rd Class passengers |
1899 to1902: Used as a troop transport for New Zealand troops during Boer War | |
09/02/1918: Sunk by U-Boat U156 off Madeira | |
On a voyage from Genoa to New Orleans |
Above photo as CORNWALL copyright of Allan Green
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 24/09/1896