Name: | ETHELGONDA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/06/1891 |
Completed: | 07/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 272 |
Dimensions: | 2692grt, 1726nrt, 300.0 x 41.5 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 247nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99135 |
History: | |
07/1891 | JH Harrowing, Whitby |
1898 | Chas Hill & Sons, Bristol |
1899 | A Harrowing, Whitby; renamed AISLABY |
1901 | JH Harrowing, Whitby |
1905 | Asolvesby Steamship Co Ltd (Robert Harrowing & Co), Whitby |
1911 | W Coupland & Co, Newcastle |
27/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/06/1897: Wrecked near Micoud, St Lucia |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Boston with a cargo of wool | |
20/09/1897: Refloated and subsequently sold | |
27/12/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat U46 when | |
10 miles off Estaca Point on a voyage from Lisbon to Bilbao in ballast. |
Above photo as AISLABY courtesy of Richard Cox