Name: | GWENDOLINE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/10/1882 |
Completed: | 12/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 481 |
Dimensions: | 1521grt, 969nrt, 260.4 x 35.2 x 16.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (31& 59 x 42ins), 174nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87023 |
History: | |
14/12/1882 | Wilson & Co, London |
1891 | Thomson & Port, London |
1893 | Burdick & Cook, London |
1898 | Gwendoline Steam Ship Co Ltd (Mordey, Jones & Co), Newport |
1913 | Palgrave, Murphy & Co, Dublin |
1914 | Renamed CITY OF SWANSEA |
25/09/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB40, 15 miles ENE of Berry Head |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Boucau with a cargo of coal |