Name: | FLAMMA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/03/1917 |
Completed: | 05/1917 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 200 |
Dimensions: | 1874grt, 1119nrt, 270.6 x 38.2 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 202nhp |
Engines by: | George T Grey & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140296 |
History: | |
May-17 | Gas, Light & Coke Co (Stephenson Clarke & Co, managers), London |
1936 | R Nelberg et al, Tallin, Estonia; renamed VIIU |
1936 | A Inkapool et al, Tallin |
11/05/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/07/1917: Mined off Seaham Harbour & beached near Hartlepool |
On a voyage from London to Hartlepool in ballast | |
26/08/1917: Repaired on the Tyne using the forepart of her sister (in build) LUCIENT | |
11/05/1940: Mined & sunk off the West Hinder Buoy near Dunkirk | |
On a voyage from Antwerp to Miami. Only 5 survivors |
Above photo as FLAMMA is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as VIIU is courtesy of Sjohistoriska Museet