Name: | MOLIÈRE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/07/1883 |
Completed: | 08/1883 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 512 |
Dimensions: | 1459grt, 952nrt, 251.0 x 35.2 x 17.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (23 & 58 x 36ins), 160nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87486 |
History: | |
22/08/1883 | L & H Guerét, Cardiff |
1885 | Molière SS Co Ltd (LJB Guerét), Cardiff |
1900 | Soc Générale de Houles et Agglomérés, Nantes |
1902 | Soc Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed CERES |
1907 | HJ Hill & Co Ltd, Cardiff; renamed VULCANUS |
1909 | Soc Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione, Genoa |
1910 | D & E Fratelli Bozzo, Genoa |
1912 | Ch Schiaffino, A Jouvet et Cie, Algiers |
03/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47 when 84 miles |
SE of Cape Spartivento, Calabria |