Name: | YORKMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/11/1901 |
Completed: | 01/1902 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 358 |
Dimensions: | 3544grt, 2297nrt, 341.5 x 46.7 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114824 |
History: | |
15/01/1902 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
1912 | European & Brazilian Shipping Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London |
1912 | Renamed RIO SOROCABA |
1915 | Cassar Ltd (T Hick & Co), London; renamed ANT CASSAR |
27/08/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB118, 30 miles ExN of Wexford |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal |
Above image as YORKMOOR is courtesy of Photoship