Name: | LIVINGSTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/04/1928 |
Completed: | 05/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 1042 |
Dimensions: | 2115grt, 1286nrt, 253.0 x 43.7 x 19.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 36ins), 190hp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle; Eng no 74 |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149470 |
History: | |
03/05/1928 | Mathews Steamship Co Ltd (AE Mathews), Toronto; registered at Newcastle |
1934 | Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colborne, Ontario |
1935 | McKellar Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colborne, Ontario |
1941 | Bowater’s Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd; registered at St John’s, Nfl |
03/09/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/09/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U541, 265 miles WxS of St John's |
On a voyage from Boston to St John’s carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Edward J Dowling
Above photo is courtesy of Edward J Dowling
Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, Wednesday, 04/04/1928