Name: | CHEYENNE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 22/08/1930 |
Completed: | 11/1930 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 1001 |
Dimensions: | 8825grt, 5267nrt, 477.0 x 63.8 x 34.8ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (640 x 2480mm), 785nhp |
Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland; (no 180) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161559 |
History: | |
11/11/1930 | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd (FJ Wolfe, manager), Newcastle |
15/09/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | Sister vessel to APPALACHEE built by the same company |
15/09/1939: Torpedoed by U-Boat U53, 300 miles south of Land's End | |
Crew picked up by RN destroyer & CHEYENNE, which was still afloat, sunk by gunfire | |
On a voyage from Aruba to Swansea with a cargo of motor spirit |
Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Above photo is copyright of CL Hodder
Nottingham Journal, Saturday, 23/08/1930