Name: | NEWSTEAD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/08/1894 |
Completed: | 10/1894 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 688 |
Dimensions: | 2836grt, 1827nrt, 315.0 x 43.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 61 x 42ins), 245nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104265 |
History: | |
10/1894 | Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle |
1907 | Queenstown Dry Dock, Ship Building & Engineering Co Ltd |
1910 | Shipping Syndicate Ltd, Newcastle |
1911 | Alban Steamship Co Ltd (Frisken, Miller & Co), Glasgow |
03/03/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/03/1907: Stranded near Cuckmere, Sussex |
On a voyage from Novorossiysk to Hamburg | |
Subsequently refloated, but declared a constructive total loss | |
Sold and repaired | |
03/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U49, 150 miles WNW of Fastnet | |
On a voyage from Barry to Naples with a cargo of coal |