Name: | EAST WALES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/03/1915 |
Completed: | 04/1915 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 188 |
Dimensions: | 4321grt, 2682nrt, 400.6 x 52.0 x 25.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 455nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136975 |
History: | |
21/04/1915 | East Wales Steamship Co Ltd (Gibbs & Co), Cardiff |
14/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/10/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U57, 8 miles SxW of Daunts Rock |
On a voyage outwards from Newport in ballast |