| Name: | APPALACHEE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 08/10/1930 |
| Completed: | 12/1930 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 1002 |
| Dimensions: | 8826grt, 5267nrt, 477.0 x 63.8 x 34.8ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (640 x 2480mm), 785nhp |
| Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland; (no 181) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161561 |
| History: | |
| 12/12/1930 | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd (FJ Wolfe, manager), Newcastle |
| 1939 | Manager became RA Carder, Newcastle |
| 01/12/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | Sister vessel to CHEYENNE built by the same company |
| 01/12/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U101, 300 miles west of Bloody Foreland | |
| On voyage from Texas to Avonmouth with a cargo of aviation spirit. 7 crew died |
Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Wednesday, 17/12/1930