Name: | J H PLUMMER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/03/1903 |
Completed: | 05/1903 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 740 |
Dimensions: | 1643grt, 1238nrt, 246.4 x 36.6 x 21.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114447 |
History: | |
05/1903 | W Petersen Ltd, Newcastle |
1905 | Canadian Lake & Ocean Nav Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1911 | Merchants Mutual Line Ltd, Newcastle |
1917 | Canadian Northern Steamships Ltd, Newcastle |
1918 | Canadian Maritime Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1920 | Soc Belge d'Armement Maritime SA, Antwerp; renamed VAN EYCK |
1923 | Kirkwood Line Ltd, Montreal; renamed J H PLUMMER |
1924 | Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co Ltd (J Griffiths & Sons, managers), Vancouver |
1924 | Renamed AMUR |
1946 | Cia de Vapores Sino-Americana SA, Panama City; renamed FAR EASTERN CARRIER |
1946 | Tung An Shipping Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed TUNG AN |
10/04/1949 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 10/04/1949: Wrecked 6 miles SW of Shaweishan, Yangtse |
On voyage from Tsingtao to Shanghai with a cargo of scrap metal |
Above photo as J H PLUMMER copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums