Name: | MOTOR |
Type: | Barge |
Launched: | 31/01/1907 |
Completed: | 03/1907 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 794 |
Dimensions: | 314grt, 217nrt, 138.0 x 26.0 x 9.1ft; (1910: 312grt, 182nrt) |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4cyl (11 x 14ins), 130ihp; (1910: C2cyl (12 & 16 x 16ins), 30nhp) |
Engines by: | Griffin Engineering Co, Bath; (1910: WVV Lidgerwood, Coatbridge) |
Propulsion: | Sail & auxilliary engine; (1910: 1 x Screw) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117973 |
History: | |
03/1907 | The Jarrow Tug & Lighter Co Ltd (GW Todd, manager); registered at North Shields |
16/01/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 1910: Converted to steam driven cargo ship |
16/01/1915: Foundered at the entrance to the River Tees | |
On a voyage from Port Mulgrave to Jarrow with a cargo of ironstone | |
6 crew died |