| Name: | WALTER GERVASE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/04/1912 |
| Completed: | 05/1912 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 276 |
| Dimensions: | 365grt, 149nrt, 119.7 x 25.2 x 12.2ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (16 & 34 x 24ins), 50nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 127129 |
| History: | |
| 09/05/1912 | Hill & Wenborn, North Shields |
| 04/08/1912 | Sank |
| Comments: | 04/08/1912: Capsized near Chequer Buoy, Spurn Point |
| On a voyage from Goole to Exeter with a cargo of coal | |
| Specifically designed to navigate the Exeter Canal and fitted with | |
| a self discharging system requiring two large & heavy winches | |
| which were installed 7ft above the main deck. | |
| She was described as a very "tender" ship & liable to list | |
| Probable cause of capsize due to water entering hold. | |
| Cost of vessel to owners was £6,948 |