Name: | IMBER |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/02/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 926 |
Dimensions: | 2154grt, 1186nrt, 300.0 x 40.0 x 20.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 370nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135716 |
History: | |
06/03/1914 | Cork Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cork |
1922 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1934 | Ing A Angeloni, Genoa; renamed CITTA DI BERGAMO |
14/03/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/03/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by HMS UNBENDING, |
when 3 miles east of Cape Spartivento, Calabria | |
On a voyage from Crotone to Messina | |
Subsequently refloated and broken up |
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 11/02/1914