Name: | EDWIN HUNTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/04/1914 |
Completed: | 06/1914 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 188 |
Dimensions: | 1337grt, 719nrt, 238.4 x 36.1 x 14.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 50 x 33ins), 176nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128884 |
History: | |
02/06/1914 | Goole & West Riding Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Goole |
08/1916 | Imperial German Navy |
12/1918 | Goole & West Riding Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Goole |
1918 | Yorkshire Coal & Steam Shipping Co Ltd (HW & CM Ezard), Goole |
1919 | Renamed ABBEVILLE |
1926 | Yorkshire Dale Steamship Co Ltd (EEA Hinson & Prickett), Goole |
1926 | Renamed WHARFEDALE |
1927 | Neville Shipping Co Ltd (FH Green & Co), Cardiff; renamed NEVILLE |
1933 | Constants (South Wales) Ltd (M Constant), Cardiff; renamed IGHTHAM |
1941 | Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff / Hull |
07/10/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/1914: Detained by Germany at Nordenham |
1916: Used as a collier by the Imperial German Navy | |
04/09/1940: Beached after a collision in Derbyhaven Bay | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Oporto | |
23/09/1940: Refloated | |
07/10/1942: Mined 34 miles E of Grimsby & sank 22 miles E of Grimsby | |
On a voyage from London to Sunderland in ballast |
Above photo as EDWIN HUNTER is courtesy of Richard Cox
Sunderland Daily Echo, Thursday, 09/04/1914