Name: | WATHFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/10/1904 |
Completed: | 01/1905 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 381 |
Dimensions: | 3012grt, 1944nrt, 322.0 x 47.6 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119863 |
History: | |
01/1905 | Doughty Shipping Co Ltd (H Doughty & Co), West Hartlepool |
21/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/02/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U39 when 15 miles |
North of Cape Carbon on a voyage from Limni to Malta with magnesite. |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley