Name: | SARSTOON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/06/1902 |
Completed: | 08/1902 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 362 |
Dimensions: | 2929grt, 1852nrt, 321.1 x 43.2 x 24.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 316nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115868 |
History: | |
08/1902 | Scrutton, Sons & Co Ltd, London |
1915 | O & W Williams & Co, Cardiff; renamed MENEVIAN |
1925 | Bristol City Line of Steamers Ltd (Chas Hill & Sons), Bristol |
1925 | Renamed EXETER CITY |
01/1933 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/01/1933: Abandoned after being disabled in a gale at 46.48N – 38.11W |
On a voyage from Fowey to Portland & Boston with a cargo of china clay | |
24/01/1933: Last sighted on this date and presumed subsequently sank |
Above photo of MENEVIAN courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of EXETER CITY courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 11/06/1902