FURNESS, WITHY & COMPANY LTD, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL

Name STRAITS OF MENAI
Type Cargo Ship
Yard Number 203
Launched 07/05/1894
Completed 09/1894
Off. Number 104556
Engine builder W. Allen & Company, Sunderland
Engine type T. 3cyl. 246HP
GRT 2870
Length (feet) 314.0
Beam (feet) 40.4
First owner N. McLean & Company, Glasgow
History 1896 R. B. Stoker, Glasgow
1897 British Maritime Trust Ltd., Glasgow
1900 Straits of Menai S.S. Co. Ltd. (Jenkins, Williams & Co.), Cardiff
1910 CHALKYDON, J. Avrantidi fils, Syra
1912 Bank of Athens
   
Fate 14/07/1917 captured and 15/07/1917 shelled and sunk by U.155 when 600 miles west of Gibraltar (34.10N/17.25W) on passage from New York.

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