Name: | YORK MINSTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/08/1883 |
Completed: | 11/1883 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 510 |
Dimensions: | 1514grt, 960nrt, 250.7 x 35.3 x 17.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 150nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84889 |
History: | |
11/1883 | Thompson & Pattinson, Newcastle |
26/11/1883 | James Knott, North Shields; renamed BLACK PRINCE |
1895 | Prince Line (1895) Ltd (James Knott), North Shields |
1896 | D/S Heimdal (M Carl), Copenhagen; renamed KAMMA |
1907 | Rederi A/B Henckel (NP Swensson), Helsingborg |
1916 | Rederi A/B Hallandia (Oscar Thorstensson), Halmstad |
22/01/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/01/1917: Sank after being mined in Blyth Roads |
On a voyage from Gävle to Rouen with a cargo of timber | |
Mine was laid by U-Boat UC40 on 17/01/1917 |
Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as KAMMA courtesy of the Robert Bomans collection