Name: | FERNSIDE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/04/1921 |
Completed: | 06/1921 |
Builder: | RB Harrison & Son Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 1 |
Dimensions: | 269grt, 98nrt, 117.1 x 22.2 x 9.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (15 & 32 x 22ins), 57rhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144834 |
History: | |
21/06/1921 | Wear Steam Shipping Co (T Rose), Sunderland |
by 1933 | Rose Line Ltd, Sunderland |
26/02/1942 | Missing |
Comments: | 26/02/1942: Sailed from Hartlepool & presumed sunk by air attack off Banff |
On a voyage from Hartlepool to Wick with a cargo of coal | |
2007: Wreck located 4 miles off Stonehaven |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo of FERNSIDE on the Exeter Ship Canal is copyright of Mervyn Sellick
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 12/04/1921