Name: | GLANYSTWYTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/09/1888 |
Completed: | 10/1888 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 601 |
Dimensions: | 1824grt, 1167nrt, 255.0 x 37.0 x 18.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 179nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 85269 |
History: | |
23/10/1888 | Glanystwyth Steam Ship Co Ltd (TH Jones & J Mathias), Aberystwyth |
1899 | Vagliano Brothers, Corfu; renamed GIRDA AMBATIELLOS |
1904 | E Ambatiellos, Corfu |
1915 | A/S Girda (AH Arvesen), Christiania; renamed GIRDA |
13/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/03/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UC21 off La Rochelle |
On a voyage from Glasgow to La Pallice with a cargo of coal |