Name: | OTHELLO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/03/1905 |
Completed: | 05/1905 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 123 |
Dimensions: | 3680grt, 2391nrt, 353.3 x 47.2 x 25.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 344nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120847 |
History: | |
05/1905 | Red Cross Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1916 | Whitehall Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Blow, Richards & Co), Liverpool |
1916 | Renamed WHITECOURT |
28/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/08/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U28, 120 miles NNE of North Cape |
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to London with a cargo of timber |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 23/03/1905