Name: | WHIMBREL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1907 |
Completed: | 10/1907 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 788 |
Dimensions: | 1655grt, 848nrt, 275.0 x 36.0 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 238nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120108 |
History: | |
10/1907 | Cork Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cork |
1922 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
02/02/1926 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a stores carrier |
05/1915: Returned to owners | |
02/02/1926: Sank after a collision with MARLOCH in Vlissingen Road | |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Antwerp carrying general cargo |