Name: | KNIGHT COMPANION |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/02/1888 |
Completed: | 04/1888 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 589 |
Dimensions: | 3913grt, 2543nrt, 400.0 x 45.3 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 424nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95239 |
History: | |
26/04/1888 | Knight Companion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Newcastle |
1900 | D Zino, Savona; renamed LEALTÀ |
1911 | Lloyd del Pacifico (G Zino fu Dco), Savona |
1913 | Soc Anon Lloyd del Pacifico, Savona |
10/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by KuK (Austro-Hungarian Navy) submarine U31 |
in position 35.45N – 16.50E, 100 miles east of Malta | |
On a voyage from Syracuse to the Eastern Mediterranean |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 01/03/1888