Name: | MYRMIDON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/12/1905 |
Completed: | 03/1906 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 774 |
Dimensions: | 4965grt, 3063nrt, 391.5 x 49.2 x 28.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 70 x 48), 339nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120925 |
History: | |
12/03/1906 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
1930 | Marittima Ravenate SA, Ravenna, Italy; renamed RUBICONE |
26/05/1959 | Broken up |
Comments: | 24/07/1917: Damaged by a torpedo from German U-Boat U69 |
Subsequently managed to reach Liverpool | |
07/09/1917: Damaged by a torpedo from German U-Boat UC54 | |
Beached at Philippeville, subsequently refloated & repaired | |
26/05/1959: Broken up by Brodospas at Split, Yugoslavia | |
TIC records list the launch as taking place 27/12/1905 |
Above photo as MYRMIDON is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as MYRMIDON is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives
Above photo as RUBICONE is courtesy of Richard Cox