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Belridge

1914 Tanker

Buildingyard: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland

Built year: 1914

Yard no: 647

Tonnage: GRT: 7020/ NET: 4420/ TDW: 10300

Dims: LOA: 425,1/ BR: 57,0/ DR: 33,1ft

 

Machinery: 3-cyl 3exp by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland - 2250 ihp

Speed: 10,00knots

Photo: Unknown

29.04.1914: Launched

06.06.1914: Completed. Price: NOK 2.048.320,73

19.01.1935: Sold to Skibs A/S Apache (Magnus Konow & Co.), Oslo. Renamed APACHE

00.00.1936: Sold to Petros M: Nomikos Ltd., Greece. Renamed PETRAKIS NOMIKOS

17.04.1941: Beached near Piraeus after being badly damaged by airattack while lying at Ambelaki

03.04.1941: Bombed againand suffered further damage. Later salvaged by the Germans. Repaired at Venice and

                     renamed WILHELMSBURG. Managed by Atlantic Rhederei F. & W. Joch

07.07.1943: Torpedoed and sunk of Lemos by H.M. Submarine RORQUAL

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