Name: | KIOTO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/08/1910 |
Completed: | 09/1910 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 865 |
Dimensions: | 6182grt, 4020nrt, 432.0 x 54.1 x 31.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.75 & 75.5 x 57ins), 620nhp, 3350ihp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 127113 |
History: | |
07/09/1910 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, London; registered at North Shields |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London |
11/07/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U87 when 20 miles SW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from New York to Manchester carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley