Name: | IMPERIAL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/05/1902 |
Completed: | 06/1902 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 763 |
Dimensions: | 3818grt, 2497nrt, 365.0 x 48.3 x 25.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41.5 & 70 x 45ins), 414nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115292 |
History: | |
17/06/1902 | William Thomas Liverpool Steamship Co Ltd (W Thomas, Sons & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1916 | Red Funnel Shipping Co Ltd, London |
08/08/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/08/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 38 miles SWxW of Planier Island |
On a voyage from Marseilles to Montreal in ballast |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 20/06/1902