Name: | TIBERIUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/06/1905 |
Completed: | 08/1905 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 125 |
Dimensions: | 4149grt, 3374nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 28.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 72 x 48ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1915: 139014) |
History: | |
08/1905 | C Andersen, Hamburg |
1915 | Australian Government; renamed TOROMEO |
1918 | Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers, London |
1923 | Australian Commonwealth Line of Steamers, London |
1924 | Machido Aijiro; renamed TOROMEO MARU |
1924 | Nanyo Kogyo Koshi, Dairen; renamed KINSEN MARU |
1930 | Ishihara Sangyo Kaiun Goshi Kaisha, Dairen |
14/03/1933 | Sank |
Comments: | 1914: Seized at Port Jackson, Australia & requisitioned by the Government |
14/03/1933: Foundered in the Coral Sea at position 20.53S - 156.54E | |
On a voyage from Melbourne to Yokohama with a cargo of wheat & zinc ore |
Above photo as TOROMEO is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo as TOROMEO is copyright of Allan C Green
Shields Daily News, Monday, 19/06/1905