Name: | KIRRIEMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/01/1897 |
Completed: | 02/1897 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 321 |
Dimensions: | 3291grt, 2109nrt, 326.2 x 47.1 x 23.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 106613 |
History: | |
02/1897 | W Runciman & Co, Newcastle |
1916 | Bont Shipping Co Ltd (David Owen & Co), Newcastle |
1917 | Bont Shipping Co Ltd (David Owen & Co), London |
1917 | Renamed BONTNEWYDD |
05/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by KuK submarine U28 |
when 60 miles NNE of Marsa Susa at 33.53N – 22.19E. | |
On a voyage from Marseille to Karachi in ballast. |
Above photo shows KIRRIEMOOR at het Dok, Harlingen in 1907 and is courtesy of Fokke Sytema