Name: | KENMARE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/01/1895 |
Completed: | 24/04/1895 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 306 |
Dimensions: | 1346grt, 449nrt, 983dwt, 264.5 x 35.6 x 16.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 450nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.3knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104278 |
History: | |
24/04/1895 | City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd, Cork |
02/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 82 x 1st & 32 x 2nd Class passengers |
Contract Price £36583; Loss £431-19s-11d | |
27/06/1915: When between Ardmore & Capel Island, outpaced an attacking U-Boat | |
21/11/1917: Attacked by a U-Boat in the Irish Sea, but the torpedo missed | |
18/12/1917: In the Irish Sea when chased by a U-Boat, but drove it off with gunfire | |
02/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by a U-Boat, 25 miles NW Skerries, Anglesey | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Cork carrying general cargo. 29 people died. |
Above photo is courtesy of Arthur Owen