Name: | RIVER HUMBER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/06/1920 |
Completed: | 08/1920 |
Builder: | Hepples (1919) Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 656 |
Dimensions: | 351grt, 137nrt, 135.0 x 23.3 x 9.7ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 65rhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144913 |
History: | |
24/08/1920 | East Coast Transport Co (Lythgoe Prince), Newcastle |
1922 | Porthgain SS Co (OL Macintosh), Bristol |
1927 | Charles Neill, Bristol |
1931 | Charles Neill Ltd, Bristol |
04/06/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/06/1940: Sank after colliding with HMS FOLKESTONE, 8 miles ENE of the Skerries |
On a voyage from Dublin to Preston in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox