Name: | WESTVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/07/1913 |
Completed: | 08/1913 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 435 |
Dimensions: | 3207grt, 2048nrt, 335.3 x 47.6 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 65 x 45ins), 301nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133317 |
History: | |
09/08/1913 | Ville Steamships Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields |
31/12/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 31/12/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB35, 5 miles WSW of St Catherine’s Point |
On a voyage from Blyth to Blaye with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 04/07/1913