Name: | WHINFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/07/1917 |
Completed: | 10/1917 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 196 |
Dimensions: | 3985grt, 2473nrt, 360.1 x 51.1 x 24.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 348nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140700 |
History: | |
12/10/1917 | Edward J Sutton & Co, Newcastle |
by 1920 | The Steamship Whinfield Co Ltd (Edward J Sutton), Newcastle |
1924 | Confield Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1936 | Jubilee Steam Navigation Co (FS Dawson), Newcastle; renamed ALMA DAWSON |
24/11/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/11/1940: Sank in a British minefield, north of Portrush, Northern Ireland |
On voyage from Montreal to Ipswich with a cargo of grain |
Above photo as WHINFIELD is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ALMA DAWSON is copyright of A Duncan