Name: | THOMAS MELVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/03/1882 |
Completed: | 05/1882 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 231 |
Dimensions: | 1781grt, 1150nrt, 270.5 x 35.0 x 22.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 62 x 42ins), 186nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84863 |
History: | |
01/05/1882 | J Turpie, Son & Co, North Shields |
1883 | John Coull, North Shields |
1907 | Angelo Parodi fu B, Genoa; renamed PINO |
1915 | Soc Anon Angelo Parodi fu Bmeo, Genoa |
27/06/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/08/1906: Sank in Antwerp roads after a collision with HYPOLITE WORMS |
24/08/1906: Re-floated by fixing patch over damage and pumping out water | |
29/09/1906: Repairs to be carried out by Readhead & Sons at South Shields | |
27/06/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 60 miles off Port Mahon | |
On a voyage from Swansea to Savona |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 05/05/1882
Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 22/08/1906
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 12/09/1906
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 29/09/1906
Lloyd's List, Thursday, 22/11/1906