Name: | MOUNT STEPHEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/08/1908 |
Completed: | 09/1908 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 813 |
Dimensions: | 2181grt, 1383nrt, 250.0 x 43.0 x 22.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125443 |
History: | |
09/09/1908 | James Playfair, Newcastle |
1910 | Renamed EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM |
1913 | Empress Transportation Co of Midland Ltd (J Playfair), Newcastle |
1914 | Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Newcastle |
1915 | Registered at Montreal |
27/02/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/02/1916: Mined & sunk 2 miles south of Dover Pier |
On a voyage from South Shields to Dunkerque with a cargo of coal | |
Mine laid the same day by U-Boat UC6 |
Above photo as MOUNT STEPHEN is copyright of Edward J Dowling
Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Edward J Dowling
Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Bowling Green State University
Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Edward J Dowling