KALUA

Built 1908
Type Cargo Ship
Tonnages 722 grt, 412 nrt
Dimensions 195.0 x 30.1 x 11.0 ft
Shipbuilder (yard number) Joseph Crown & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (127)
Engine builder North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Sunderland
Engine T3cyl (14, 23.5, 38 x 27in), 75 nhp
O.N. 142408
Owners 1908 Acties Dacapo (A. Gjersoe), Trondheim as DACAPO
  1911 managers became Bachke & Co.
  1918 The Shipping Controller (Alexander Bros.), London
  1919 returned to owners
  1923 Hook S.S. Co. Ltd. (Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co. Ltd.), Goole; renamed KALUA
Fate 29/04/1941 sank after bombing about 4.5 miles off the Tyne, voyage Tyne for London with coal

 

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