Wednesday 18 February 2009

CLODMOOR SS


Clodmoor SS Built: 1902, sunk in 1917. Steamer, 42.7x46.6x24.8ft, triple expansion engines, 8.5 knots. Clodmore SS, built in 1902 as a steamship of 3.753 ton Dimensions: 342.7x46.6x24.8 feet. powered: Triple expansion engine 300nhp. Speed 8.5 knots. Carrying a cargo of wheat. Launched on the 29th Nov 1902 and commissioned by the Admiralty from the 2oth March of the same year as a collier. She was transferred to the Italian Goverment hauling steel & oats from the 21st march until her temporary release from service on the 3rd July 1916. Took up Collier duties again in 1916. From 19th January 1917 Clodmoor held a Royal Commission to transport wheat. On the 3rd May 1917 whilst on route from Bahia Blanca for Newcastle with a cargo of wheat she was torpedoed 5 miles south of Newhaven.

Nationality:
British
Type of wreck:
Cargo
Propulsion:
Steamer
Weight (tons):
3733 grt
Dimensions (m):
104,45x14,26x7,55
Cause lost:
Torpedo
Date lost:
03/05/1917 [dd/mm/yyyy]
Date built:
1902
Builder:
William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Owner:
Walter Runciman & Co. Ltd. (Moor Line Ltd.), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Engine:
3cyl triple expansion engine
Power:
300 n.h.p.
Speed:
8.5 knots

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