Name: | MELDON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/10/1902 |
Completed: | 11/1902 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 73 |
Dimensions: | 2514grt, 1572nrt, 310.0 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: | 114435 |
History: | |
11/1902 | Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle |
1913 | Managers became Adam Brothers Ltd |
1916 | Dawson SS Co Ltd (FL Dawson), Newcastle |
03/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/03/1917:Sunk by mine 0.5 miles N of Garvelloch in the Firth of Lorne |
When outward from Penarth with a cargo of coal | |
12/02/1917: Mine laid by U-Boat U78 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/10/1902