Name: | NORTHFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/04/1901 |
Completed: | 05/1901 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 133 |
Dimensions: | 2099grt, 1329nrt, 288.5 x 43.0 x 18.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 210nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron & Steel |
Reg Number: | 114672 |
History: | |
23/05/1901 | Northfield Steamship Co Ltd (J Ruthen & Co), London |
1902 | Managers became E Jones & Co |
1903 | Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd, Cardiff |
1915 | Keeps Steamship & Lighterage Co Ltd (Harry Keep), London |
1918 | Harry Keep, London |
03/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U60, 25 miles SW of Lundy Island |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Devonport with a cargo of coal |
Above painting is courtesy of Museum Wales