Name: | LEANDER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/06/1892 |
Completed: | 08/1892 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 94 |
Dimensions: | 2962grt, 1897nrt, 315.0 x 40.5 x 21.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 45ins), 267nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101905 |
History: | |
08/1892 | Graham, Anderson & Co, London |
1898 | Kjaer & Isdahl, Bergen |
1910 | A/S Leander (Kallevig & Messell), Arendal |
1915 | A/S D/S Leander (John S Kallevig), Arendal |
1915 | A/S Leander (L Wetlesen), Christiania |
20/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB57, 4 miles NNE of Flamborough Head |
On a voyage from West Hartlepool to Savona with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 27/06/1892