Name: | KINGSTONIAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/05/1901 |
Completed: | 09/1901 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 375 |
Dimensions: | 6564grt, 4207nrt, 467.0 x 53.7 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (31, 52 & 86 x 60ins), 674nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113493 |
History: | |
09/1901 | Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool |
29/04/1918 | Total loss |
Comments: | 11/04/1918: Torpedoed by U-Boat UB68 at position 39.02N-07.10E |
On a voyage from Alexandria to Marseille with troops and equipment | |
Beached in Carloforte Roadstead to avoid sinking | |
29/04/1918: While lying aground, torpedoed by U-Boat UB48 & became a total loss |
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