Name: | MANISTEE |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/03/1904 |
Completed: | 04/1904 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 296 |
Dimensions: | 3869grt, 2500nrt, 350.4 x 46.1 x 29.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 515nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118631 |
History: | |
04/1904 | Elders & Fyffes Ltd, Newcastle |
26/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Completed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
26/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 86 miles WSW of Bishop Rock | |
On a voyage from New York to London carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 04/03/1904