Name: | WHITEFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/11/1890 |
Completed: | 01/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 266 |
Dimensions: | 2422grt, 1560nrt, 290.0 x 40.0 x 19.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 243nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 98500 |
History: | |
01/1891 | Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool |
1900 | W Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool |
1914 | Maclean Shipping Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |
1915 | E James, West Hartlepool |
01/09/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/09/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33 when |
95 miles N by W of Cape Wrath on a voyage from Arkhangelsk to the | |
Clyde and Nice with a cargo of wheat |