Name: | PURUNI |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/05/1905 |
Completed: | 06/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 741 |
Dimensions: | 295grt, 151nrt, 141.0 x 24.5 x 8.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (9.5, 15 & 25 x 18ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | AG Mumford Ltd, Colchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120577 |
History: | |
06/1905 | Sproston's Ltd, London & Georgetown, Demerara |
1912 | Registered at Georgetown |
29/08/1918 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 20/03/1917: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a patrol vessel |
Armed with 2 x 13pdr guns | |
29/08/1918: Wrecked west of Mayero Island, Grenadines. |