Name: | DON |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 11/07/1892 |
Completed: | 08/1892 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 54 |
Dimensions: | 939grt, 464nrt, 225.5 x 33.3 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 32 & 52 x 36ins), 179nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 98389 |
History: | |
08/1892 | Goole Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Goole |
1905 | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole |
08/05/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/05/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U9, 7 miles east of Coquet Island |
On a voyage from Cromarty to Blyth in ballast |
Above photo courtesy of Charlie Hill
Above photo courtesy of Charlie Hill