Category:Manchester Engineer (ship, 1905)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: D & W Henderson & Co., Glasgow, Meadowside yard
• Yard No: 444
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1905.09.04
• Completed: 1905
• Length over all: 378.1 ft
• Beam: 50.1 ft
• GRT: 4415, later 4465
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History edit

• 1905 Named Craigvar; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 121260
  • Call sign: HDMB
  • Port: Glasgow
  • Owner: West of Scotland SS Co Ltd - A.L.Biggart & J.F.Fulton, Glasgow
• 1913.10 Sold to Treasury Steamship Co Ltd - Wm Thomas, Sons & Co, London
• 1914 Renamed Nation; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: HDMB
  • Port: London
• 1916.05 Sold to Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester
• 1917 Renamed Manchester Engineer; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: HDMB
  • Port: Manchester
• 1917.08.16 Torpedoed by UC16, 4.5 miles SE of Flamborough Head