Name: | SOUTHWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/10/1899 |
Completed: | 11/1899 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 106 |
Dimensions: | 1173grt, 668nrt, 212.3 x 35.0 x 14.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 148nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 112618 |
History: | |
11/1899 | CF Cory-Wright, London |
1904 | W Cory & Son Ltd, London |
1914 | Gennaro Malinconico, Torre del Greco; renamed SANTA CROCE |
1916 | Cambo Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
1918 | Melrose Abbey Shipping Co Ltd, Middlebrough; renamed MELROSE ABBEY |
1919 | Burnham Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff; renamed SHENSTONE |
1923 | GH Allin & Co Ltd, Cardiff |
1924 | J Messinis, Ithaca; renamed DOLLY |
1927 | LA Karystinakis, Andros |
1928 | Renamed MINA |
1930 | J Michelmann & J Adamson & Co, Parnu |
13/12/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/12/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57, off the Cross Sand Light Vessel |
On a voyage from London to Gothenburg in ballast. All 17 crew died |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox