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Name: DARTMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/07/1892
Completed: 08/1892
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 282
Dimensions: 2870grt, 1846nrt, 306.0 x 41.7 x 21.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 250nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99463
History:
08/1892 South Shields Steam Shipping Co Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
1898 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
1905 J & P Hutchison, Glasgow
27/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 01/12/1907: Aground on the S end of the Isle of Arran, 4 miles W of Pladda
On a voyage from Maryport to Glasgow in ballast
16/05/1908: Refloated and subsequently taken to Glasgow for repair
27/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC50, 35 miles SE of the Fastnet
On a voyage from Gibraltar to Garston with a cargo of ore


Above photo shows DARTMOOR to the left. Photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo shows DARTMOOR in December 1907. Photo is courtesy of David Asprey

Lloyd's List, Thursday 12/12/1907. Image courtesy of David Asprey

Lloyd's List, Thursday, 21/05/1908. Image courtesy of David Asprey