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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

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 26/09/1912