Name: | GLENGYLE |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/07/1914 |
Completed: | 10/1914 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 465 |
Dimensions: | 9395grt, 5900nrt, 500.2 x 62.3 x 34.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (24, 40.5 & 68 x 48ins), 988nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136711 |
History: | |
06/10/1914 | Glen Line (McGregor, Gow & Co Ltd), London |
01/01/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/01/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34, 240 miles ExS of Malta |
On a voyage from Vladivostok to London carrying cotton & general cargo |
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Western Australia
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 10/07/1914