RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name CONGO
Type Cargo steamship
Yard Number 375
Launched 02/08/1890
Completed 09/1890
Off. Number 95846
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 2906
Length (feet) 307
Beam (feet) 41.1
First owner Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Hull
   
History 07/08/1909 NICOLAOS ROUSSOS, J. Roussos & Sons, Piraeus.
   
Fate 04/10/1917 Torpedoed by U 32 in the Gulf of Lyon at 42.46N, 04.11E while on voyage Tyne to La Spezia with coal.

Photo collection Clive Ketley

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