Name: | HAULWEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/06/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 370 |
Dimensions: | 4212grt, 2612nrt, 355.4 x 48.8 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 329nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115379 |
History: | |
31/07/1903 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
09/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U43, 250 miles NW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Montreal to Manchester with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
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