Name: | SALONICA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/03/1912 |
Completed: | 05/1912 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 176 |
Dimensions: | 2694grt, 1607nrt, 324.0 x 46.5 x 19.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 236nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1912 | D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (O Thoresen), Christiania |
1921 | A/S Venborg (Brummenaes & Torgersen), Haugesund |
23/11/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/11/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U100, 160 miles NW of Sligo |
On a voyage from Pugwash NS to Newcastle with a cargo of pitprops |
Above photo is copyright of the Allen Collection
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Shields Daily News, Friday, 22/03/1912