Name: | BRITISH ENDEAVOUR |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/08/1927 |
Completed: | 10/1927 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 1025 |
Dimensions: | 4580grt, 2641nrt, 381.2 x 50.4 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 422hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149914 |
History: | |
05/10/1927 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
22/02/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/02/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U50, 170 miles NW of Porto |
On a voyage from the Clyde to Abadan in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 13/08/1927