ROPNER & SON., STOCKTON-ON-TEES

Name TRUNKBY
Type Cargo, trunk deck steamer
Yard Number 329
Launched 21/10/1896
Completed 11/1896
Off. Number 106955
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 2635
Length (feet) 300
Beam (feet) 45
First owner R. Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool
History 1916 Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Fate 27/05/1916 captured and shelled by U.39 when 50 miles S by E of Port Mahon, Minorca 39.07N 04.45E on passage Newport for Cette with coal.

Photo from collection of Clive Ketley

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