Name: | LANGLEEFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/10/1925 |
Completed: | 11/1925 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 954 |
Dimensions: | 4622grt, 2819nrt, 370.0 x 56.2 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 355nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149402 |
History: | |
17/11/1925 | Medomsley Steam Shipping Co Ltd (F Carrick & Co ltd, managers), Newcastle |
14/02/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/02/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U26, 70 miles NW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Boston to the Tyne with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox