Image Not Available

WHINHILL

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date15 April 1914

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 165 5/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12'
Gross Tonnage: 478 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002243

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 548.
Official Number: 133646
Renamed: DUNCARRON (1930).

Fate: torpedoed and sunk off Norfolk coast, 3 miles east of Sheringham by E-boat S-50, 7 September 1941 while enroute from London to Lossiemouth with cargo of cement. Crew of 10 and three gunners, only four crew survived.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 steel deck, quarterdeck 95’, bridge deck 11’, forecastle 27’, machinery aft.

Owners:
1914: C. R. Davidson & Company, Aberdeen,
09/1917: Sold by Davidson to buyers not stated.
1917: Mason Shipping Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
1937: Buchan and Hogg. Registered in Grangemouth.

Masters:
1914-18: Master T. Allison.
1918: Master W. H. Tregenna.
1920-21: Master H. Roberts.