Name: | NORTH BRITAIN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/11/1877 |
Completed: | 1877 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 356 |
Dimensions: | 1729grt, 1105nrt, 265.0 x 34.2 x 24.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 60 x 39ins), 160nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77061 |
History: | |
19/01/1878 | Hugh Roberts, Newcastle; registered at London |
1896 | Ditta C Raggio, Genoa; renamed CHECCHINA R |
1899 | Soc Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed DIANA |
1910 | Angelo Parodi fu B, Genoa; renamed AVANTI |
1914 | L & L Leva, Genoa |
22/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U70 north of Corunna |
On a voyage from Villaricos to the Tyne with a cargo of iron ore |