Name: | WESTMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/06/1900 |
Completed: | 07/1900 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 347 |
Dimensions: | 3591grt, 2315nrt, 341.6 x 46.7 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 112736 |
History: | |
07/1900 | North Moor Steamships Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1906 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1911 | European & Brazilian Shipping Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London |
1911 | Renamed RIO LAGES |
1914 | London-American Maritime Trading Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London |
1916 | Lewis SS Co Ltd (T Lewis), London |
26/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/04/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U69 when 155 miles |
NW by W of the Fastnet (51.38N – 12.52W) | |
On a voyage from Cienfuegos to Queenstown with a cargo of sugar |
Above photo as WESTMOOR courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 14/06/1900