Name: | TRIPOLI |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/03/1910 |
Completed: | 04/1910 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 823 |
Dimensions: | 4186grt, 2649nrt, 385.2 x 51.0 x 25.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 475nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128039 |
History: | |
19/04/1910 | SS Tripoli Co Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool |
1912 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co Ltd (Lamport & Holt Ltd), Liverpool |
1912 | Renamed SPENSER |
06/01/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U61, 28 miles SWxW of Bardsey Island |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Liverpool carrying general cargo |
Above photo as SPENSER is courtesy of Photoship