Name: | SITONA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/03/1885 |
Completed: | 02/05/1885 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 185 |
Dimensions: | 1023grt, 738nrt, 970dwt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 14.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins),140nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1917: 140694) |
History: | |
02/05/1885 | Red Akt "Avena" (W Thorburn & Sons), Uddevella |
1897 | K Andersen, Fredrikstad |
1916 | Skibs Akt Lionel (O Mahn, manager), Christiania (Oslo); renamed LIONEL |
1917 | The Shipping Controller (J Ridley & Tulley, manager), London |
14/04/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract price £14000, Profit £553-8s-1d |
Built for the London - Uddevella service | |
1917: Requisitioned by UK Government | |
14/04/1918: Sunk when in collision at Le Havre Roads | |
On a voyage from Rouen to the Tyne in ballast |
Above image as SITONA copyright of R Skiold