Name: | NYANGA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/09/1900 |
Completed: | 11/1900 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 111 |
Dimensions: | 3066grt, 1967nrt, 325.7 x 45.2 x 23.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 252nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113423 |
History: | |
02/11/1900 | Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool |
1903 | Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool |
1911 | Elder Line Ltd, Liverpool |
16/08/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/08/1914: Captured & scuttled by German auxiliary KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE |
when 240 miles SE of Tenerife on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool |