Name: | ROSS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/07/1907 |
Completed: | 08/1907 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 150 |
Dimensions: | 2666grt, 1713nrt, 313.0 x 47.0 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 273nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123186 |
History: | |
08/1907 | New Ross Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff |
22/04/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/04/1916: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by U-Boat U19 when |
108 miles W by N of Bishop Rock at position 49.43N – 09.04W | |
On a voyage from Seville to Glasgow with a cargo of ore |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 26/07/1907