Name: | SIR CHARLES TENNANT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/03/1894 |
Completed: | 05/1894 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 319 |
Dimensions: | 2415grt, 1555nrt, 294.4 x 41.7 x 19.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 296nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104252 |
History: | |
05/1894 | Scott Brothers Ltd, Newcastle |
1913 | Sho Sho Yoko, Uraga; renamed TOSAN MARU |
1916 | Renamed TANSAN MARU |
22/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/05/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U46, |
about 80 miles west of Annagh Head, Ireland. | |
On a voyage from Boston to Manchester with general cargo |
Above photo as SIR CHARLES TENNANT courtesy of Clive Ketley