Name: | FAIRFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/12/1914 |
Completed: | 04/1915 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 310 |
Dimensions: | 1074grt, 443nrt, 220.1 x 33.4 x 13.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17.5, 28 & 47 x 33ins), 174nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137165 |
History: | |
30/03/1915 | Aberdeen Coal Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
1920 | Cambo Shipping Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
1922 | Limerick Steam Shipping Co Ltd (SJK Roycroft, manager), Limerick |
1922 | Renamed LUIMNEACH |
04/09/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/09/1940: Stopped by U-Boat U46 & sunk by gunfire SW of Scilly Isles |
On a voyage from Huelva to Drogheda with a cargo of pyrites |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/12/1914