Name: | NORFOLK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/01/1907 |
Completed: | 03/1907 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 142 |
Dimensions: | 3836grt, 2504nrt, 360.0 x 50.0 x 24.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 323nhp |
Engines by: | G Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124330 |
History: | |
03/1907 | Chesapeake & Ohio Steamship Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |
1908 | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |
1915 | NE Ambatielos (Ambatielos Bros), Argostoli; renamed EFSTATHIOS |
27/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/05/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat UC21 in the |
Bay of Biscay, 15 miles off Cape Penas on a voyage from Baltimore to | |
Bordeaux with a cargo of aircraft, engines, oil and wire |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 01/02/1907