Name: | TRINGA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/09/1913 |
Completed: | 10/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 918 |
Dimensions: | 2154grt, 1186nrt, 300.0 x 40.0 x 20.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 370nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128310 |
History: | |
06/10/1913 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
26/11/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a stores carrier |
11/1914: Returned to owners | |
26/11/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33 when | |
33 miles NE by N of Galita Island. On a voyage from Malta to Gibraltar in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 11/10/1913