Name: | DOMINION |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/11/1902 |
Completed: | 01/1903 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 282 |
Dimensions: | 4021grt, 2581nrt, 352.6 x 47.2 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 302nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115965 |
History: | |
01/1903 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London |
1916 | Renamed GAFSA |
28/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57, 10 miles SE of Kinsale Head |
On a voyage from Port Arthur to the UK with a cargo of fuel oil |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 15/11/1902