Name: | SALDANHA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/06/1911 |
Completed: | 07/1911 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 879 |
Dimensions: | 4595grt, 2950nrt, 385.9 x 48.8 x 29.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 40.5 & 70 x 48ins), 339nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 127119 |
History: | |
29/07/1911 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Bros), North Shields |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, North Shields |
18/03/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB52, 95 miles N of Algiers |
On a voyage from Alexandria to Avonmouth with a cargo of cotton, cottonseed & eggs |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley