Name: | FREDERICK KNIGHT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/03/1898 |
Completed: | 04/1898 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 331 |
Dimensions: | 3599grt, 2322nrt, 341.0 x 46.6 x 24.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105195 |
History: | |
04/1898 | Frederick Knight Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff |
1904 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
03/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 115 miles NW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Norfolk (Va) to the UK with a cargo of sugar |