Name: | KAFUE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/02/1913 |
Completed: | 04/1913 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 822 |
Dimensions: | 6044grt, 3889nrt, 423.7 x 54.1 x 31.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 76 x 51ins), 589nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133309 |
History: | |
04/04/1913 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, North Shields |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, North Shields |
30/04/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/04/1918: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by U-Boat |
U86 when 11 miles SW of the Mull of Galloway | |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Calcutta carrying general cargo |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 28/02/1913