Name: | FURTOR launched as CRANFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/02/1904 |
Completed: | 05/1904 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 113 |
Dimensions: | 2991grt, 1954nrt, 325.5 x 47.0 x 22.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 281nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118424 |
History: | |
05/1904 | RH Holman, London |
1913 | ER Retzlaff, Stettin; renamed EMIL |
1914 | Dampfs Rhederi Union, Hamburg; renamed BRAILA |
1914 | The Admiralty (Glover Bros), London |
1915 | Aquarius SS Co Ltd (Moller & Co), London; renamed AQUARIUS |
1918 | Zodiac Shipping Co Ltd (Moller & Co), London |
1918 | Watkin James Williams, Cardiff |
10/11/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as CRANFORD for RB Stoker of Manchester |
08/1914: Seized by the UK on arrival at Alexandria | |
10/11/1918: Sank after a collision with a steamer 50 miles SW of Corfu | |
On a voyage from Penarth to Corfu with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 23/02/1904