Name: | LORD ROBERTS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/05/1901 |
Completed: | 06/1901 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 115 |
Dimensions: | 4166grt, 2694nrt, 370.7 x 47.0 x 20.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 45ins), 382nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113509 |
History: | |
06/1901 | Irish Shipowners’ Co Ltd (T Dixon & Sons), Belfast |
21/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/01/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U62, |
270 miles NWxW of Fastnet at position 53.38N 15.58W | |
On a voyage from Montreal to Belfast with a cargo of wheat |