Name: | SOUTHGARTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/05/1891 |
Completed: | 06/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 271 |
Dimensions: | 2434grt, 1555nrt, 299.5 x 41.1 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96524 |
History: | |
06/1891 | WDC Balls & Son, North Shields |
29/05/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/05/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat U39 when |
60 miles NNE of Algiers on a voyage from Marseille to Benisaf in ballast. |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley