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