Name: | MATFEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/12/1902 |
Completed: | 01/1903 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 124 |
Dimensions: | 2398grt, 1522nrt, 304.7 x 43.1 x 20.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 58 x 39ins), 233nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114439 |
History: | |
23/01/1903 | Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle |
1912 | Canford Chine Steamship Co Ltd (HG Harper & Co), Cardiff |
1912 | Renamed CANFORD CHINE |
24/06/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/06/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 5 miles off Calella, Spain |
On a voyage from Marseille to Porman in ballast |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 15/12/1902