FURNESS, WITHY & COMPANY LTD, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL

Name APPOMATTOX
Type Cargo Ship
Yard Number 199
Launched 12/07/1893
Completed 09/1893
Off. Number 102704
Engine builder T. Richardson and Sons, Middleton, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl. 412HP
GRT 2875
Length (feet) 345.0
Beam (feet) 41.3
First owner Chesapeake & Ohio S. S. Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
History 1902 Elder & Fyffes Ltd., West Hartlepool and converted to part refrigerated
  1910 SEYYAR, M. Gumuchdjian, Istanbul
   
Fate 12/03/1916 sunk by shelling from Russian destroyers GRUMKIJ and BYSTRYJ off Cape Shili or the mouth of the Sakarya River.

Photo as APPOMATTOX, collection of Kirill Vasilyev

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