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Name: KNUTSFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/06/1903
Completed: 07/1903
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 3842grt, 2489nrt, 340.0 x 47.1 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113124
History:
07/1903 SS Knutsford Ltd (RB Stoker), Manchester
1913 Gripwell SS Co Ltd (Roth Bros (London) Ltd), Manchester
1913 Renamed GRIPWELL
1914 SS Knutsford Ltd (RB Stoker), Manchester; renamed KNUTSFORD
1916 Woolston SS Co Ltd (MP Davis), Manchester
22/07/1916 Sank
Comments: 22/07/1916: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U39
when 12 miles NW by N of Cape Corbelin, Algeria, 37.03N 0 04.17E
On a voyage from Tunis to Baltimore with a cargo of zinc ore.


Above photo as KNUTSFORD is courtesy of Photoship