Name: | TREWYN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/01/1903 |
Completed: | 09/03/1903 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 367 |
Dimensions: | 3084grt, 1989nrt, 323.0 x 47.1 x 23.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 281nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115645 |
History: | |
03/1903 | Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives |
30/03/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/03/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U28, W of Gibraltar at 47.30N - 07.30W |
On a voyage from Algiers to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore | |
All 23 crew died. |
Above photo courtesy of Stuart Smith
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 16/01/1903