Name: | IMMINGHAM |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/05/1906 |
Completed: | 09/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 769 |
Dimensions: | 2009grt, 564nrt, 271.0 x 41.2 x 20.4ft; (1911: 2083grt, 1078nrt) |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 1300nhp; |
(1911: T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 397nhp) | |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; |
(1911: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull) | |
Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 18.0knots; (1911: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125042 |
History: | |
08/01/1907 | Great Central Railway Co, Grimsby |
04/1915 | The Admiralty |
06/06/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 400 x passengers |
1911: Re-engined by Earle's at Hull & converted to a single screw | |
04/1915: Requisitioned as a stores carrier by The Admiralty | |
06/06/1915: Sank after a collision with HMS REINDEER off Mudros |
Above: Before re-engining, copyright of Simplon Post Cards
Above: After re-engining, copyright of Simplon Post Cards
Jarrow Express, Friday, 11/05/1906