Name: | WESTMINSTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/08/1905 |
Completed: | 11/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 743 |
Dimensions: | 4342grt, 2764nrt, 375.5 x 47.3 x 28.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 397nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120634 |
History: | |
18/11/1905 | Westminster Shipping Co Ltd (Sir John Jackson Ltd), London |
14/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB43, 196 miles ExS of Malta |
On a voyage from Torre Annunziata, Itay, to Aden in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson