Name: | TRIPOLI |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/07/1890 |
Completed: | 08/1890 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 81 |
Dimensions: | 2627grt, 1687nrt, 300.0 x 41.0 x 19.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 257nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97805 |
History: | |
08/1890 | EC Thin, Liverpool |
1894 | Steamship Tripoli Co Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool |
1906 | A/S United (Sigurd Røed), Tønsberg; renamed UNIMAK |
1908 | Manager became AM Milberg |
1909 | D/S A/S Glittre (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania; renamed MYRDAL |
1916 | A/S Viv (CHF Jensen), Christiania |
25/01/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/01/1917: Sank after being captured and scuttled by |
U-Boat UC21 when 4.5 miles SW of Point de Penmarch | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa with a cargo of coal |