Name: | SALERNO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/10/1914 |
Completed: | 12/1914 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 190 |
Dimensions: | 2431grt, 1398nrt, 325.1 x 44.2 x 19.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1914 | D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (Otto Thoresen), Christiania |
18/10/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/10/1915: Sank after being mined 2 miles SSE of Sunk Head Buoy |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Santos carrying general cargo, mail & passengers | |
12/10/1915: Mine laid by U-Boat UC6 |
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 21/10/1914