Name: | RUFFORD HALL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/05/1914 |
Completed: | 06/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 945 |
Dimensions: | 5506grt, 3553nrt, 409.5 x 53.1 x 30.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 43.5 & 75 x 48ins), 390nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135589 |
History: | |
17/06/1914 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
06/10/1915 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 06/10/1915: Wrecked off Omazaki in the Tsugaru Strait |
On a voyage from New York to Vladivostok carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 23/06/1914