Name: | TROPEA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/07/1892 |
Completed: | 08/1892 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 310 |
Dimensions: | 4013grt, 2603nrt, 360.0 x 46.2 x 19.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 40 & 68 x 45ins), 317nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99433 |
History: | |
1892 | EC Thin, Liverpool |
1895 | Steamship Cairngorm Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool |
1901 | Lunn & Maccoy, Newcastle; renamed BIRDOSWALD |
26/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U63, 25 miles ExS of Tarragona |
On a voyage from Livorno to Carthagena with a cargo of hemp |