Name: | TURAKINA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/04/1902 |
Completed: | 08/1902 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 382 |
Dimensions: | 8210grt, 5289nrt, 473.0 x 59.6 x 31.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 846nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114620 |
History: | |
08/1902 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Plymouth |
13/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U86 when 120 |
miles west of Bishop Rock at position 48.30N – 08.34W | |
On a voyage from London to New York in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 08/09/1902