Name: | RYDE launched as WHEATFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/12/1906 |
Completed: | 02/1907 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 162 |
Dimensions: | 3556grt, 2288nrt, 348.5 x 50.1 x 23.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 307nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124559 |
History: | |
02/1907 | Rowland & Marwood's Steamship Co Ltd, Whitby |
1929 | AM Coulouthros, Andros, Greece; renamed MAROUSSIO COULOUTHROS |
1934 | JA Coulouthros & NN Embiricos, Andros, Greece |
1937 | Atlanticos Steamship Co Ltd & Giorgilis Bros, Piraeus; renamed MOUNT MYCALE |
22/01/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as WHEATFIELD for Hunting & Sons |
22/01/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U413, 3000miles E of Newfoundland | |
On voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to UK with a cargo of grain |
Above photo as MAROUSSIO COULOUTHROS is courtesy of Richard Cox