| Name: | WESTMEATH |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/05/1893 |
| Completed: | 07/1893 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 182 |
| Dimensions: | 6238grt, 4072nrt, 425.0 x 53.2 x 23.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (31, 50 & 80 x 54ins), 521nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99624 |
| History: | |
| 07/1893 | RM Hudson, Sunderland |
| 1894 | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton; renamed TOKOMARU |
| 30/01/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 30/01/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20, 7 miles north of the Le Havre Light Vessel |
| On a voyage from New Zealand to Le Havre & London with meat & general cargo |
Above photo as TOKOMARU is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich - Gould collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as TOKOMARU is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich - Gould collection
Above photo as TOKOMARU is copyright of the World Ship Photo Library
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 16/11/1894