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Name: NORTHFIELD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/04/1901
Completed: 05/1901
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 133
Dimensions: 2099grt, 1329nrt, 288.5 x 43.0 x 18.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 210nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114672
History:
05/1901 Northfield SS Co Ltd (J Ruthen & Co), London
1902 Managers E Jones & Co
1903 Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd
1915 Keep SS & Lighterage Co Ltd (Harry Keep), London
1918 Harry Keep, London
03/03/1918 Sank
Comments: 03/03/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U60, 25 miles SW of Lundy Island
On a voyage from Glasgow to Devonport with a cargo of coal