Name: | RAITHMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/02/1899 |
Completed: | 04/1899 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 338 |
Dimensions: | 3112grt, 1990nrt, 323.0 x 47.1 x 22.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110097 |
History: | |
08/04/1899 | North Moor Steamships Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1906 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1913 | Merevale Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff; renamed CAMBANK |
20/02/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/02/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U30, 10 miles E of Point Lynas |
On a voyage from Huelva to Garston with a cargo of copper ore & ingots |
Above photo as CAMBANK is copyright of the National Museum of Wales
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 28/02/1899