Name: | RHODESIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/06/1900 |
Completed: | 08/1900 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 84 |
Dimensions: | 4313grt, 2826nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38.5 & 65 x 48ins), 319nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113529 |
History: | |
08/1900 | Seville & United Kingdom Carrying Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff |
1915 | Oscar de Lucovich, Cardiff |
1916 | Franco-British Steamship Co Ltd (Olivier & Co Ltd), Cardiff |
11/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U61, 7 miles SExS of Coningbeg LV |
On a voyage from Tampico to London with a cargo of oil & bitumen |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 16/06/1900