Name: | DOWGATE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/11/1894 |
Completed: | 01/1895 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 196 |
Dimensions: | 2899grt, 1869nrt, 326.7 x 41.0 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 252nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104834 |
History: | |
01/1895 | Dowgate Steamship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London |
1904 | Manor Steamship Co Ltd (MS Catt), London; renamed MANOR |
1906 | EC & NM Embiricos, Andros; renamed KATINA |
1912 | J Goumas, Andros |
1913 | D/S A/S Jessie (L Severin & Skougaard), Christiania; renamed JESSIE |
1917 | A/S Leander (Louis Wetlesen), Christiania |
1927 | A/S D/S Den Skandinaviske Sydpacificlinje, Oslo; renamed ARICA |
1928 | D/S A/S Atlas (E Mortensen & O Thue), Oslo |
1933 | Hwah Sung SS Co (Woo Ping SS Co), Shanghai; renamed HWAH SHUN |
1940 | Luso Steamship Line, Macao; renamed SADO |
10/04/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 1940: Also had a Japanese designation SAD GO |
10/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by US submarine THRESHER | |
off Maizuru at position 34.52N 139.15E | |
Lloyd’s also listed her as lost off Shanghai in June/July 1942 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 30/11/1894