Name: | SAPELE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/10/1904 |
Completed: | 12/1904 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 779 |
Dimensions: | 3152grt, 1982nrt, 350.4 x 48.3 x 20.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins), 478nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120819 |
History: | |
22/12/1904 | British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool |
26/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 1st Class passengers |
26/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U104, 100 miles NW of Tory Island | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Freetown carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 14/10/1904