Name: | LINKMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/04/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1914 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 441 |
Dimensions: | 4306grt, 2746nrt, 369.8 x 51.5 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 386nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136681 |
History: | |
22/05/1914 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), Newcastle |
20/09/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/09/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 60 miles W of Cape Matapan |
On a voyage from Lemnos to Malta with a cargo of coal |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 25/05/1914