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Name: EBOE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/09/1912
Completed: 12/1912
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 821
Dimensions: 4866grt, 2965nrt, 405.1 x 54.1 x 23.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 44 & 74 x 51ins), 566nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135174
History:
17/12/1912 African Steamship Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpol
1933 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool
1939 Fratelli Rizzuto, Genoa; renamed FORTUNSTELLA
1941 Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO TERCERO
22/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 22/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U202, 100 miles east of Atlantic City
On a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires, carrying, coal, mail & general cargo


Above photo as EBOE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as EBOE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as RIO TERCERO is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 26/09/1912