Name: | GUILDHALL launched as FEBRERO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/03/1898 |
Completed: | 05/1898 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 118 |
Dimensions: | 2609grt, 1659nrt, 290.0 x 43.0 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 61 x 39ins), 220nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 106978 |
History: | |
05/1898 | Julius E Guthe & Co, West Hartlepool |
1899 | West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co, West Hartlepool |
1917 | Letricheux Lines (Letricheux & David), Swansea |
25/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as FEBRERO for Campania Bilbaina de Navegacion of Bilbao |
25/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 40miles SW of Bishop Rock | |
On a voyage from Valencia to Cardiff with a cargo of ore & oranges | |
12 members of the crew lost |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
The Marine Engineer 01/04/1898