Name: | KITTY TAYLOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/09/1929 |
Completed: | 11/1929 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 1054 |
Dimensions: | 4640grt, 2785nrt, 395.1 x 53.8 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 419nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Scotswood; Eng no 82 |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161316 |
History: | |
29/10/1929 | Eros Steamships Ltd (Lambert Bros Ltd, managers), London |
1934 | Ropner Shipping Co Ltd, West Hartlepool; renamed DALEBY |
04/11/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/11/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U89, 650 miles SW of Iceland |
On a voyage from Halifax to London with a cargo of grain & vehicles |
Above photo as DALEBY is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as DALEBY is courtesy of Richard Cox