Name: | SANDON HALL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/09/1906 |
Completed: | 10/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 775 |
Dimensions: | 5134grt, 3293nrt, 410.4 x 50.2 x 29.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 42 & 71.5 x 46ins), 500nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124006 |
History: | |
10/1906 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool |
1910 | Managers became Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool |
01/01/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine U40 |
when 22 miles NNE of Linosa, in position 36.15N - 13.00E | |
On a voyage from Basra to London with a cargo of dates & linseed |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox