Name: | LETCHWORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/06/1924 |
Completed: | 08/1924 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 235 |
Dimensions: | 1317grt, 717nrt, 235.2 x 35.7 x 14.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 179nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148085 |
History: | |
22/08/1924 | Watergate Steamship Co (RS Dalgleish & RI James), Newcastle |
01/11/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/11/1940: Bombed & sunk between West Oaze & Mouse Light Vessels |
On voyage from Blyth for London with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox