Name: | THORNLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/06/1896 |
Completed: | 08/1896 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 213 |
Dimensions: | 2847grt, 1827nrt, 312.2 x 41.0 x 20.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 252nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104465 |
History: | |
08/1896 | Steamship Thornley Ltd (WR Rea), Belfast |
1899 | Glasgow Shipowners’ Co Ltd (Glen & Co), Glasgow |
1912 | Alexander & Mair, Glasgow; renamed PINEGROVE |
11/12/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/12/1915: Mined & sunk 8 miles from Cap Gris Nez |
On a voyage from Dunkerque to London in ballast | |
09/12/1915: Mine laid by U-Boat UC3 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 22/06/1896