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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