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Name: BEECHLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1894
Completed: 08/1894
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 193
Dimensions: 2878grt, 1852nrt, 312.5 x 41.0 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 39ins), 250nhp
Engines by: Westgarth, English & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104455
History:
08/1894 North of Ireland Steamship Co Ltd (WR Rea), Belfast
1901 GM Embiricos’ Sons, Andros; renamed ASIMINA
1912 SG Embiricos, Andros
26/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 26/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC53 off Cape Palinuro, S of Salerno
On a voyage from New York to Castellamare di Stabia