Name: | RIDING launched as LURLINE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/12/1911 |
Completed: | 02/1912 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 176 |
Dimensions: | 1287grt, 674nrt, 240.1 x 33.5 x 15.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 201nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 127128 |
History: | |
30/01/1912 | Tyneside Line Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), North Shields |
11/1915 | Imperial German Navy |
11/1918 | Tyneside Line Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), North Shields |
08/01/1925 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Launched as LURLINE for the same owners |
08/1914: Seized by Germany at Hamburg & requisitioned as a collier | |
08/01/1925: Wrecked on south coast of Iceland | |
On a voyage from Hull to Havnefjord carrying coal & general cargo |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 22/12/1911