Name: | YORKMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/08/1912 |
Completed: | 09/1912 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 428 |
Dimensions: | 4253grt, 2717nrt, 369.7 x 51.1 x 26.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 385nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135137 |
History: | |
18/09/1912 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
16/07/1918 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 16/07/1918: Wrecked on Lobos Island in the River Plate |
On a voyage from San Nicolas, Argentina to Italy with a cargo of wheat |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 23/09/1912