Name: | PLANET MARS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/04/1900 |
Completed: | 06/1900 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 83 |
Dimensions: | 4327grt, 2833nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 360nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113368 |
History: | |
06/1900 | Leyland Shipping Co Ltd (RW Leyland & Co), Liverpool |
1909 | Managers became JH Welsford & Co Ltd |
1910 | Renamed IKARIA |
30/01/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/01/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20, 25 miles NW of Le Havre |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Le Havre carrying general cargo |