Name: | FOWBERRY TOWER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1929 |
Completed: | 06/1929 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 559 |
Dimensions: | 4484grt, 2756nrt, 400.7 x 53.3 x 25.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 426nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161527 |
History: | |
19/06/1929 | Milburn Line Ltd (W Milburn & Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
12/05/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Bombed & sunk 1 mile off Humber Light Vessel. 6 crew killed |
On a voyage from Hull to Baltimore in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith