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Kingtor

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1904 Kingtor R.H. Holman
1913 Tarbetness Fargrove S.N. Co. Ltd
1917 Tarbetness Letricheux Line Ltd

Fate

The British steamship Tarbatness was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-110 (Karl Kroll), 12 miles south-west of Carnarvon Light Vessel, on March 7th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Manchester to an un-named destination with general cargo.

 

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