Name: | EXMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/10/1901 |
Completed: | 12/1901 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 357 |
Dimensions: | 3561grt, 2297nrt, 341.5 x 46.7 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114794 |
History: | |
12/1901 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1912 | European & Brazilian Shipping Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London |
1912 | Renamed RIO PIRAHY |
1915 | London-American Maritime Trading Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London |
1916 | West of England Shipping Co Ltd (Geo C Shepton), Cardiff |
28/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U63, 60 miles S of Cape St Vincent |
On a voyage from Livorno to Barry Roads in ballast |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 17/10/1901