Name: | NEEBING |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/07/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 745 |
Dimensions: | 1879grt, 1187nrt, 247.6 x 42.0 x 21.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 52 x 36ins), 162nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118618 |
History: | |
1903 | George Thomas Marks, Port Arthur, Ontario; registered at Newcastle |
1906 | Canadian North West Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle & Toronto |
1915 | Swift Steamship Co Ltd (Hessler & Co), West Hartlepool |
1919 | Silverdale Steamship Co Ltd (Stephen Jones), Cardiff |
1923 | Arcos Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1925 | Sovtorgflot, Odessa; renamed TOMP |
1932 | Renamed JAN TOMP |
30/08/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 1923: Arcos Steamship were acting for the Soviet government |
30/08/1942: Sank after being torpedoed by German MTB S28 | |
off Caucasus coast, 43.44N - 39.29E | |
On a voyage from Poti to Novorossiysk. |
Above photo as NEEBING is copyright of Bowling Green State University
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 28/07/1903