Name: | MORA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/10/1899 |
Completed: | 12/1899 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 343 |
Dimensions: | 3047grt, 1965nrt, 323.2 x 47.1 x 22.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 45ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 112641 |
History: | |
12/1899 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
08/09/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/09/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U20 when |
68 miles W by S of Belle Ile at 46.50N – 04.40W | |
On a voyage from Santander to Newport with a cargo of ore |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 23/10/1899