Name: | MIDLAND |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1913 |
Completed: | 08/1913 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 207 |
Dimensions: | 4247grt, 2725nrt, 380.0 x 49.0 x 26.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135253 |
History: | |
06/08/1913 | Noreuro Traders Ltd (JF Drughorn), London |
20/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UB39, 60 miles ExN of Ouessant |
On a voyage from Melbourne to Le Havre with a cargo of wheat |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 23/05/1913