Name: | NEWQUAY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/01/1914 |
Completed: | 02/1914 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 439 |
Dimensions: | 4191grt, 2670nrt, 369.9 x 51.1 x 25.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 386nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133550 |
History: | |
26/02/1914 | Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle |
1920 | Red Cap Steamship Co Ltd (J Good & Sons Ltd, Hull |
1924 | Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co Ltd), London; renamed MAIDENHEAD |
1936 | Rethymnis & Kulukundis (Hellas) Ltd & C Scarvelis, Syra |
1936 | Renamed MOUNT ITHOME |
1940 | Government of Vichy France; renamed MONROVIA |
1942 | Government of Italy (‘Italia’ SA di Nav, Genoa); renamed VENEZIA |
14/07/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/1940: Detained at Dakar and later seized by Vichy French forces |
14/07/1943: Sank during an Allied air attack at Messina |