Name: | ELSWICK MANOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1900 |
Completed: | 02/1901 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 64 |
Dimensions: | 3942grt, 2578nrt, 340.0 x 47.2 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110370 |
History: | |
02/1901 | Elswick Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Weidner, Hopkins & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
19/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U84 when 180 miles W of Ouessant |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Naples with a cargo of coal |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/12/1900