Name: | FRELAND |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/04/1912 |
Completed: | 05/1912 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 193 |
Dimensions: | 4194grt, 2707nrt, 370.1 x 50.9 x 26.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132718 |
History: | |
15/05/1912 | The Noreuro Traders Ltd (JF Drughorn), London |
1915 | Frinton Steamship Co Ltd (Mango & Co), London; renamed FRINTON |
19/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U81, 320 miles WxN of Ouessant |
On a voyage from Cartagena for the Tees with a cargo of iron ore |
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 21/05/1912