Name: | FARLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/09/1906 |
Completed: | 02/1907 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 131 |
Dimensions: | 4276grt, 2709nrt, 360.2 x 48.0 x 28.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123795 |
History: | |
02/1907 | Reliance Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London |
1913 | Mitre Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London |
1915 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London; renamed SANTA BRIGIDA |
1915 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Arkhangelsk; renamed TOURGAI |
03/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U43, about 50 miles north of Murmank |
On a voyage from New York to Arkhangelsk with a cargo of trucks, rails & locomotives |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 20/09/1906