Name: | PROPHET |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/10/1911 |
Completed: | 01/1912 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 180 |
Dimensions: | 3230grt, 2054nrt, 331.0 x 47.5 x 23.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 298nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133006 |
History: | |
15/01/1912 | J Gaff & Co, Glasgow |
1914 | Registered at Sydney, Australia |
1915 | Registered at Glasgow |
1916 | Evans & Reid Ltd, Glasgow |
1917 | Mitre Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow |
14/11/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/11/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC74, 25 miles NW of Crete |
On voyage from Barry to Mudros with a cargo of coal & stores |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox