Name: | HUMBER ARM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/01/1925 |
Completed: | 07/1925 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1000 |
Dimensions: | 5758grt, 3504nrt, 424.9 x 56.3 x 28.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 51ins), 620nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 151649 |
History: | |
04/08/1925 | Newfoundland Power & Paper Utilities Corporation Ltd, St John's |
1928 | International Power & Paper Co of Newfoundland Ltd, St John's |
1939 | Bowater's Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, St John's |
08/07/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/07/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U99, 98 miles SW of Cork |
On a voyage from Corner Brook to the Mersey with a cargo of steel, lumber & newsprint |
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of New South Wales
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 27/01/1925