Name: | MAYGROVE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/06/1903 |
Completed: | 05/09/1903 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 399 |
Dimensions: | 2662grt, 1702nrt, 4584dwt, 314.5 x 46.2 x 21.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36.5 & 60 x 42ins), 249nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.7knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118319 |
History: | |
05.09/1903 | Wingrove Steamship Co Ltd (P Wigham Richardson, managers) |
1907 | E Ambatielos, Argostoli, Greece (P Wigham Richardson, managers); renamed EIRINI |
1911 | Anglo-Ionian SS Co Ltd ( AA Embiricos & Co, managers), Andros |
1917 | Embiricos & Drosopoulos Maritime Co Ltd, Andros |
1917 | Hellenic Shipowning Co Ltd, Andros, Greece |
17/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract price £36320; Profit £5467-6-4d |
17/05/1917: Captured by U-Boat U47 and sunk by gunfire off Cape Spartel | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Leghorn with a cargo of coal |