Name: | CEIBA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/02/1911 |
Completed: | 04/1911 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 850 |
Dimensions: | 1462grt, 828nrt, 270.4 x 39.2 x 16.6ft; (1915: 1698grt, 309.6ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 39 & 66 x 42ins), 347nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129637 |
History: | |
03/04/1911 | Emerald Steamship Co Ltd (J Maxton), Belfast |
1913 | Vaccaro Bros SS Co Ltd (S D'Antoni), Ceiba |
1920 | Ceiba SS Co (Vaccaro Bros & Co), Ceiba |
1924 | Mexican American Fruit & SS Corporation, Ceiba |
1928 | American Fruit & SS Corporation (Standard Fruit & SS Corp), Ceiba |
1933 | Seaboard SS Corporation (Standard Fruit & SS Corp), Ceiba |
17/03/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x passengers |
1915: Lengthened to 309.6ft, 1698grt | |
17/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U124, 100 miles E of Cape Hatteras | |
On a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to New York |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 10/10/1911