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Name: CHARLES T JONES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/07/1890
Completed: 09/1890
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 261
Dimensions: 2422grt, 1562nrt, 290.4 x 40.0 x 19.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95198
History:
09/1890 Charles T Jones Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
1915 Gart SS Co Ltd (Whimster & Co), Glasgow; renamed GARTNESS
1917 The Laurium Transport Co Ltd (Leopold Walford (London) Ltd, Glasgow
19/08/1917 Sank
Comments: 19/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by KuK submarine U40, 180 miles SE of Malta
On a voyage from Ergasteria to Middlesbrough with manganese ore, lead and arsenic


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