Name: | USWORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/07/1910 |
Completed: | 08/1910 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 415 |
Dimensions: | 2995grt, 2061nrt, 321.4 x 48.0 x 21.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 308nrt |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129124 |
History: | |
15/08/1910 | Gordon Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1919 | Pencisely Steamship Co Ltd (Hopkins, Saunders & Co), Cardiff |
1919 | Renamed PENCISELY |
1922 | Sakai Shoten KK, Kobe; renamed SHOGEN MARU |
1931 | Sakai Hideji, Kobe |
1935 | Sakai Shoichi, Kobe |
1936 | Sakai Shoten KK, Kobe |
1938 | Name rendered as SYOGEN MARU |
06/09/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/09/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by submarine USS HALIBUT at |
42.13N – 142.16E, 50 miles WNW of Erimo Saki, Hokkaido |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 07/07/1910
Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 23/08/1910