Name: | BELLVIEW |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/09/1921 |
Completed: | 01/1922 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 468 |
Dimensions: | 4677grt 2794nrt, 400.3 x 52.1 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 455nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144099 |
History: | |
23/01/1922 | Keighley Steamship Co Ltd (J Bell & Co, managers), Hull |
1933 | CE Embiricos, Andros, Greece; renamed OLGA E EMBIRICOS |
29/01/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/01/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U188, 210 miles W of Socotra |
On a voyage from Durban to Aden with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as BELLVIEW is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BELLVIEW is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BELLVIEW is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo as OLGA E EMBIRICOS is copyright of A Duncan