Name: | JO TAYLOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/11/1929 |
Completed: | 09/1930 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 1055 |
Dimensions: | 4640grt, 2784nrt, 395.1 x 38.1 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 419hp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
09/1930 | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
1933 | Unterweser Reederei AG, Bremen; renamed GONZENHEIM |
19/10/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 1930: Laid down for Eros Steamships Ltd (Lambert Bros), not delivered |
1930: Completed for builder’s account and laid up pending sale | |
19/10/1939: Scuttled by her crew after interception by HMS SCOTSTOUN | |
in the northern Denmark Strait on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Germany with grain |