Name: | NETHERTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/12/1904 |
Completed: | 02/1905 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 121 |
Dimensions: | 4226grt, 2756nrt, 360.3 x 48.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 350nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119200 |
History: | |
18/02/1905 | Netherton Shipping Co Ltd (J Greenlee & Co), Glasgow |
1910 | Cia Naviera Sota y Aznar, Bilbao; renamed JATA-MENDI |
1937 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/01/1907: Damaged by fire at Aroe Bay, Sumatra, while loading cased benzene |
1909: Temporary repairs & then towed to the UK, sold and then repaired | |
12/09/1936: Scuttled as a blockship at Pasajes by Republican forces | |
1937: Broken up in situ |
Above photo, showing JATA-MENDI at Pasajes, is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 09/12/1904
Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 22/01/1907
Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 14/04/1909
Lloyd's List, Friday, 08/10/1909