Name: | W D CRUDDAS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/09/1895 |
Completed: | 10/1895 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 107 |
Dimensions: | 2618grt, 1660nrt, 306.0 x 42.0 x 18.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 257nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105673 |
History: | |
10/1895 | Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle |
1898 | Angfartygs A/B St George (AO Wilson), Gothenburg; renamed SAINT JOHN |
1913 | Manager became Th Willerding |
1915 | Jens Folkmans Rederi A/S, Skien; renamed VINDEGGEN |
27/09/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/09/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35 at 40.18N – 08.10E |
On a voyage from Newcastle to La Spezia with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 06/09/1895