Name: | KARONGA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/04/1907 |
Completed: | 06/1907 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 794 |
Dimensions: | 4665grt, 2932nrt, 400.0 x 52.1 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 477nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123850 |
History: | |
1907 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, North Shields |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd, North Shields |
26/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U63 in the Straits of Messina, |
2 miles SSE of Cape Schio on a voyage from Newport to Bombay. |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley