Name: | SPRINGWELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/02/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1914 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 187 |
Dimensions: | 5593grt, 3552nrt, 425.7 x 53.8 x 30.5ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (25.5, 36, 52.5 & 76 x 54ins), 664nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133555 |
History: | |
05/05/1914 | Well Line Ltd (Tyzack & Branfoot), Newcastle |
09/02/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/02/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U38, 75 miles SW of Gavdos Island, Crete |
On voyage Middlesbrough to Calcutta carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 27/02/1914