Name: | WESTDALE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/10/1911 |
Completed: | 17/11/1911 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | Stone Quay, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 284 |
Dimensions: | 424grt, 188nrt, 143.5 x 24.4 x 10.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 36 x 24ins), 70rhp |
Engines by: | Baird Bros, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 131398 |
History: | |
17/11/1911 | Overton Steamship Co Ltd (RR Clark, manager), Liverpool |
1942 | Ohlson Steamship Co (Sir Eric Ohlson, manager), Hull |
10/1948 | Broken up |
Comments: | 20/06/1944: Mined off the Normandy coast, with a cargo of ammunition |
28/06/1944: Refloated and hulked at Le Havre as a storage ship | |
10/1948: Broken up at Grays, Essex by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson