Name: | EGRET |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1903 |
Completed: | 27/10/1903 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 408 |
Dimensions: | 1394grt, 691nrt, 1982dwt, 260.0 x 34.7 x 18.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 33.5 & 54 x 39ins), 209nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115117 |
History: | |
27/10/1903 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
1923 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1932 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £265000; Profit £1366-5s-8d |
16/01/1915: Used as a squadron supply ship | |
14/05/1918: Attacked by a U-Boat in the English Channel, but the torpedo missed. | |
4Q/1932: Broken up by Smith & Houston in Port Glasgow |