Name: | CAMILLA GILBERT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1919 |
Completed: | 04/1920 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 278 |
Dimensions: | 5658grt, 3532nrt, 399.5 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
04/1920 | A/S Gilberts D/S (W Gilbert), Bergen |
1928 | A/S D/S Eir (O Grolle Olsen & IH Olsen), Bergen; renamed EIR |
1937 | Far Eastern SS Co Ltd A/S (Johan Gran), Bergen; renamed MABUHAY III |
1938 | Johan Gran's Rederi A/S; renamed EASTERN STAR |
07/05/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR LODGE for The Shipping Controller |
07/05/1941: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U94 at 61.29N - 22.40W | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax NS carrying general cargo |
Above photo as CAMILLA GILBERT copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum
Above photo as EIR courtesy of Photoship