Name: | NEWMINSTER ABBEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/08/1916 |
Completed: | 01/1917 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 195 |
Dimensions: | 3114grt, 1879nrt, 331.3 x 48.0 x 22.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 274nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133594 |
History: | |
01/1917 | Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle |
02/02/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/02/1918: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB48 when 44 miles |
E by N of Cape de Creus on a voyage from Genoa to Huelva with coal. |