Name: | NEWBURN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/04/1904 |
Completed: | 06/1904 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 712 |
Dimensions: | 3554grt, 2325nrt, 340.5 x 47.0 x 24.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 317nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118634 |
History: | |
06/1904 | Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle |
07/08/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 07/08/1916: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by |
U-Boat U35, 34 miles N by E of Dragonera Head, Majorca | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Marseille with a cargo of coal |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox