BRANTINGHAM
Built | 1897 |
Type | Cargo Ship |
Tonnages | 2617 grt, 1685 nrt |
Length / beam / draft | 313.0 x 44.2 x 20.6 ft |
Shipbuilder (yard number) |
Robert Thompson & Sons, Sunderland (199) |
Engine Builder | G. Clark Ltd., Sunderland |
Engine | T3cyl (22, 36, 60 x 42in), 251 nhp |
O.N. | 104218 |
Owners | 1897 East Yorkshire S.S. Co. Ltd. (A. Meek & Sons), Goole |
1910 Brantingham S.S. Co. Ltd. (T. Pratt & Co.), Newcastle | |
1914 James Cormack & Co., Leith | |
Fate | 04/10/1916 torpedoed by U46 in the Arctic about 70 miles N.N.E. of Vardo, on a voyage Archangel for Leith with pit props. 24 crew inc. master lost in lifeboats. |
Photo from collection of Clive Ketley
From the collection of Stan Threadgould