FURNESS, WITHY & COMPANY LTD, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL

Name PARTHENIA
Type Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Yard Number 254
Launched 19/02/1891
Completed 05/1891
Off. Number 113949
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Company, Middleton, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl. 489NHP
GRT 5160
Length (feet) 400.5
Beam (feet) 52.2
First owner Parthenia S.S. Company Ltd. (Donaldson Bros.), Glasgow
History 1914 Donaldson Line Ltd., Glasgow
   
Fate 06/06/1917 torpedoed by U69 140nm WxN of Bishop Rock on passage from New York to London, with a cargo of oats, steel & general goods.

Photo collection the late Allan Green

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