Name: | ADUR II launched as RADIANT |
Launched: | 03/10/1909 |
Completed: | 1910 |
Builder: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 598 |
Dimensions: | 54grt, 24nrt, 56.2 x 14.4 x 7.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (13 & 26 x 18ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132701 |
History: | |
16/04/1912 | Thomas R Westray, London |
1914 | REV James Ltd, Southampton |
1919 | London & South-Western and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Companies |
1922 | Southern Railway Co, London |
1925 | Shoreham Harbour Trustees |
1938 | Peter Foster & Co Ltd, Hull |
1942 | H Covington & Sons Ltd, Battersea, London |
1946 | Standard Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool |
10/08/1946 | Sank |
Comments: | Built as a subcontract from J Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd, Naval Architects, London |
Pollock's contract number 264 and intended for Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London | |
03/10/1909: Launched as RADIANT for J Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd | |
Tyne Improvement Commissioners records have launch as 12/10/1909 | |
Lloyd's Register records have launch as 13/10/1909 | |
05/08/1914 to 15/03/1919 on Admiralty service at Portsmouth | |
13/06/1946: Sailed from the Thames for Liverpool | |
15/06/1946: Diverted into Newhaven in a sinking condition due to leaks & faulty pumps | |
16/06/1946: Heeled over and sank at a berth | |
28/06/1946: Re-floated & repaired by the Southern Railway Co | |
28/07/1946: Sailed from Newhaven for Liverpool | |
31/07/1946: Entered Portland to carry out engine repairs | |
03/08/1946: Sailed from Portland for Liverpool | |
04/08/1946: Entered Falmouth to carry out engine repairs | |
09/08/1946: Sailed from Falmouth for Liverpool | |
10/08/1946: Foundered 1 mile north of Hartland Point |
Above photo is courtesy of John Faulkner