Name: | OKEHAMPTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/04/1906 |
Completed: | 05/1906 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 99 |
Dimensions: | 3875grt, 2531nrt, 343.3 x 47.2 x 27.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 311nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123159 |
History: | |
05/1906 | Okehampton Steamship Co Ltd (Manasseh Angel), Cardiff |
1915 | GH Mitchell & Co, London; renamed PENYLAN |
1916 | Hansen Brothers Ltd, London |
19/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/10/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U39, 5 miles WxN of Cape Bougaroni |
On a voyage from Newport to Malta with a cargo of coal |