Name: | ONWEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/11/1913 |
Completed: | 01/1914 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 438 |
Dimensions: | 4250grt, 2733nrt, 363.1 x 51.0 x 26.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132897 |
History: | |
23/01/1914 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
1918 | Woolston Steamship Co Ltd (S Instone & Co), Cardiff |
1920 | Rumney Steamship Co Ltd (S Instone & Co), Cardiff; renamed RUMNEY |
1923 | Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough; renamed KINGSWOOD |
1928 | A/B Naxos Prince (R Mattson), Helsingfors; renamed HOGLAND |
21/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/08/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by Free French submarine RUBIS off Stavanger |
On a voyage from Norway to a German Baltic Sea port with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as HOGLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Friday, 28/11/1913