Name: | ISLE OF ANGLESEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/1888 |
Completed: | 08/1888 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 238 |
Dimensions: | 1275grt, 785nrt, 230.0 x 33.5 x 16.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 29 & 48 x 39ins), 124nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 93800 |
History: | |
08/08/1888 | Isle of Anglesey Steam Ship Co Ltd (JT Williams), Liverpool |
1909 | F Todero Musmeci, Catania; renamed LABOR |
1915 | A Zapala, Catania; renamed CONCETTINA |
08/06/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/06/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC53 off Messina |
On a voyage from Volo to Genoa |
Above painting of ISLE OF ANGLESEY is by Isaac Joseph Witham (1832-1901)
Above photo as LABOR is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 08/08/1888