Name: | SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/01/1884 |
Completed: | 1884 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 466 |
Dimensions: | 2179grt, 1386nrt, 300.6 x 37.1 x 24.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 68 x 42ins), 228nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 88772 |
History: | |
1884 | W Dickinson & Co, Newcastle |
1899 | L & M Embiricos, Andros; renamed ANDREAS |
1902 | Embiricos Brothers, Andros |
1910 | Constantine Papageorgocopoulos, Andros; renamed ST ANDREAS |
1911 | Renamed AGHIOS ANDREAS |
1911 | Renamed ARISTIDIS and registered at Piraeus |
26/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/05/1917: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat UC21 about |
5 miles NNW of Cabo del Ajo on a voyage from Bilbao to Plymouth with iron ore |
The launch party. Photo copyright of Northumberland County Council Archives