Name: | MUIRFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/06/1907 |
Completed: | 08/1907 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 402 |
Dimensions: | 3086grt, 330.4 x 47.6 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124338 |
History: | |
08/1907 | Doughty Shipping Co Ltd (H Doughty & Co), West Hartlepool |
11/07/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U49, 350 miles W of Fastnet (50.30N – 18.30W) |
On a voyage from Portland, Oregon to Dublin with a cargo of wheat |