Name: | GROESWEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/09/1900 |
Completed: | 11/1900 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 349 |
Dimensions: | 3570grt, 2303nrt, 341.4 x 46.7 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113533 |
History: | |
26/10/1900 | Groeswen Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff |
1904 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
27/11/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/11/1917: Mined & sunk 3 miles NExN of the Sunk Light Vessel |
Outwards from Hull with a cargo of coal | |
Mine had been laid by U-Boat UC11 on 23/11/1917 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/09/1900