Name: | ROCKCLIFFE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/03/1925 |
Completed: | 05/1925 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 479 |
Dimensions: | 3880grt, 2350nrt, 364.2 x 50.6 x 23.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 45ins), 371nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 139915 |
History: | |
06/05/1925 | Cliffe Steamship Co Ltd (GT Readhead & Co), South Shields |
1935 | Chernomorskoye Shipping Co, Odessa; renamed KOLKHOSNIK |
1939 | Registered at Vladivostok |
16/01/1942 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 16/01/1942: Wrecked by stranding on Sambro Shoal |
On a voyage from Boston & Halifax to Arkhangelsk |
Above photo as ROCKCLIFFE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily News, Friday, 08/05/1925