Name: | RODDAM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/11/1911 |
Completed: | 01/1912 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 181 |
Dimensions: | 3218grt, 2055nrt, 331.0 x 47.5 x 23.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 298nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129789 |
History: | |
12/01/1912 | Red “R” Steamship Co Ltd (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens), Newcastle |
26/09/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/09/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 76 miles ESE of Barcelona |
On a voyage from Savona to Barry Roads in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley