Name: | NENTMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/07/1903 |
Completed: | 09/1903 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 371 |
Dimensions: | 3535grt, 2283nrt, 341.0 x 46.6 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 296nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118620 |
History: | |
09/1903 | North Moor Steamships Ltd (W Runciman & Co), Newcastle |
1906 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), Newcastle |
20/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/04/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35 when 140 miles |
west of Gibraltar at position 35.25N – 08.02W | |
On a voyage from Rosario to Gibraltar with a cargo of wheat |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 30/07/1903