Aberdeen Ships | WYNDHURST

Name	WYNDHURST
Construction	STEEL
Type	COASTER
Date	1917
Description	Yard Number: 52 Builder's certificate dated 5 September 1917. Sunk by submarine 6 December 1917. Left St Helens Roads Isle of Wight on 6 December and joined an outward bound escorted convoy. The vessel was struck by a torpedo at 8:58pm, sinking immediately. Three of the fourteen crew were picked up alive by a tug and landed at Le Havre. The vessel had been built for a Swansea colliery firm, and was a raised quarter-deck coaster with a 600 h.p. triple expansion steam enguine.
Shipbuilder	John Lewis & Sons
Owner	Cleeves Western Valleys Anthracite Collieries Ltd, Swansea (T D John, Manager)
Dimensions	length 165' x breadth 26 11/12' x depth 13 1/6' gross tonnage: 573 ton

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