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