Name: | LIMEHOUSE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/08/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 129 |
Dimensions: | 562grt, 292nrt, 165.0 x 30.0 x 12.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118317 |
History: | |
31/08/1903 | Commercial Gas Co, London |
1919 | Wandsworth, Wimbledon & Epsom District Gas Co, London |
1922 | Commercial Gas Co, London |
1926 | Gracechurch Transports Ltd (Richrds, Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers) |
1926 | Renamed YORKVALLEY |
1928 | William A Wilson, Southampton |
02/04/1935 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 02/04/1935: Sank off St Sampson's, Guernsey, after hitting a submerged rock |
15/04/1935: Salvaged & berthed at St Sampson's harbour, but too expensive to repair | |
01/06/1935: Arrived at Carriden, near Bo'ness for breaking up | |
06/1935: Broken up by Thomson & McGregor |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 14/08/1903