Name: | MORPETH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/09/1902 |
Completed: | 10/1902 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 72 |
Dimensions: | 2508grt, 1585nrt, 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: | 114433 |
History: | |
10/1902 | Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle |
1906 | Dale Steamship Co Ltd (Lucas & Co), Bristol; renamed MILLDALE |
1911 | EC Embiricos (Daniolos Bros), Andros; renamed DIMITRIOS |
06/10/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/10/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33, |
about 240 miles NNW of Benghazi at position 35.34N - 18.20E | |
On a voyage from Alexandria to London |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/09/1902