Name: | LOUISIANA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/04/1896 |
Completed: | 07/1896 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 641 |
Dimensions: | 3015grt, 1946nrt, 320.0 x 46.0 x 23.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 280nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1896 | Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen |
18/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC45, 20 miles NE of Rattray Head |
On a voyage from North Shields to Boston with wood pulp and general cargo |
Above photo copyright of the Danish Maritime Museum - Elsinore