Name: | NYROCA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/04/1903 |
Completed: | 03/06/1903 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 401 |
Dimensions: | 1295grt, 634nrt, 1900dwt, 290.0 x 42.1 x 15.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 33.5 & 54 x 39ins), 195nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.8knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115115 |
History: | |
03/06/1903 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
21/09/1922 | British and Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
15/06/1932 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £24250; Profit £1405-8s-10d |
31/01/1917: Commissioned at Queenstown as an Admiralty Q Ship | |
Served under the names Q26, MAVIS and NYROCA | |
02/06/1917: Torpedoed 20 miles from Wolf Rock | |
Engine room flooded so towed by HMS CHRISTOPHER & tugs to Plymouth Sound | |
Finally beached at Cawsand Bay to prevent sinking | |
Refloated and repaired | |
27/07/1918: Returned to owners | |
15/06/1932: Broken up at Port Glasgow |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 16/04/1903