Name: | KNUTSFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/06/1903 |
Completed: | 07/1903 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 79 |
Dimensions: | 3842grt, 2489nrt, 340.0 x 47.1 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113124 |
History: | |
07/1903 | SS Knutsford Ltd (RB Stoker), Manchester |
1913 | Gripwell SS Co Ltd (Roth Bros (London) Ltd), Manchester |
1913 | Renamed GRIPWELL |
1914 | SS Knutsford Ltd (RB Stoker), Manchester; renamed KNUTSFORD |
1916 | Woolston SS Co Ltd (MP Davis), Manchester |
22/07/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/07/1916: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U39 |
when 12 miles NW by N of Cape Corbelin, Algeria, 37.03N 0 04.17E | |
On a voyage from Tunis to Baltimore with a cargo of zinc ore. |
Above photo as KNUTSFORD is courtesy of Photoship