Name: | REPTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1893 |
Completed: | 02/1894 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 191 |
Dimensions: | 2881grt, 1852nrt, 312.5 x 41.0 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 36.5 & 62 x 39ins), 245nhp |
Engines by: | Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102838 |
History: | |
02/1894 | Repton Steamship Co Ltd (Galbraith, Pembroke & Co), London |
1897 | Austin Friars Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Galbraith, Pembroke & Co), London |
1917 | Managers became Houlder, Middleton & Co Ltd |
07/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 07/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB43, 45 miles SSE of Cape Matapan |
On a voyage from Hull to Mudros with a cargo of coal |