Name: | WHITEMANTLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/08/1920 |
Completed: | 11/1920 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 220 |
Dimensions: | 1692grt, 993nrt, 260.1 x 37.7 x 16.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 208nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145077 |
History: | |
29/10/1920 | Gas, Light & Coke Co, London |
22/10/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/10/1939: Mined & sunk east of Withernsea Light, Yorkshire |
On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal. 14 crew lost |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Monday, 16/08/1920