Name: | WARKWORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/11/1916 |
Completed: | 02/1917 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 452 |
Dimensions: | 4579grt, 2889nrt, 400.3 x 51.6 x 26.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44.5 & 74 x 48ins), 443nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133592 |
History: | |
13/02/1917 | Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co Ltd (RS Dalgliesh), Newcastle |
1923 | Harlem Steamship Co Ltd (F Newson), Newcastle; renamed OKLAHOMA |
1926 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Le Havre |
1930 | Broken up |
Comments: | 15/10/1929: Caught fire and sank in Sandon Dock, Liverpool |
She had arrived from Talcahuano with a cargo of sugar, nitrate & cotton | |
01/02/1930: Refloated & sold for breaking up at Tranmere |
Above photo as OKLAHOMA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as OKLAHOMA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Falkirk Herald, Wednesday, 05/02/1930