Name: | EASTMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/03/1922 |
Completed: | 06/1922 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 260 |
Dimensions: | 5812grt, 3667nrt, 399.8 x 52.9 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 569nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146582 |
History: | |
16/06/1922 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co Ltd, managers). London |
31/03/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 31/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U71, 430 miles E of Newport News |
On a voyage from Savannah to the UK carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives