Name: | DOCHRA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/04/1906 |
Completed: | 09/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 756 |
Dimensions: | 4310grt, 2755nrt, 376.0 x 51.0 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 379nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123998 |
History: | |
18/09/1906 | Japp & Kirby, Liverpool |
11/1906 | La Plata Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool (Barber & Co Inc, New York) |
1914 | Barber & Co Inc, New York |
1920 | La Plata Steamship Co Inc (Barber & Co Inc), New York |
1925 | D/S A/S Normannia (AN Hansen & Co), Copenhagen |
1925 | Renamed ALDERNEY |
1926 | Cia Genovese di Nav à Vapore SA, Genoa; renamed CAPO VADO |
12/11/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/04/1906: Launched without name as a speculative contract |
11/1906: Sold for £45,001 | |
10/1918: Requisitioned by the US Navy | |
05/1919: Returned to owners | |
12/11/1940: Sank after being shelled by HM cruisers ORION, | |
SYDNEY and AJAX, 12 miles off Saseno | |
On a voyage from Valona to Bari |
Above photo as DOCHRA is copyright of the US Navy
Above photo as CAPO VADO is courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield