Name: | MANCHESTER MILLER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/07/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 106 |
Dimensions: | 4234grt, 2766nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113125 |
History: | |
08/1903 | Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester |
1905 | Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London; renamed FULHAM |
1908 | Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester; renamed MANCHESTER MILLER |
05/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/06/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U66 when 190 miles |
NW of the Fastnet at position 52.49N – 14.07W | |
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Manchester carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 26/08/1903