Name: | EASTNEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/10/1920 |
Completed: | 02/1921 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 256 |
Dimensions: | 5118grt, 3239nrt, 375.0 x 51.2 x 31.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 370nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145165 |
History: | |
01/03/1921 | Romney Steamship Co Ltd (Fawcett, Coverdale & Co), London |
1924 | Louis Dreyfus & Cie, Dunkerque; renamed GERMAINE L D |
1932 | Corrado Soc Anon di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed ANDREA |
1940 | Ministry of Shipping (Runciman Shipping Co Ltd), London |
1940 | Renamed EMPIRE ADVENTURE |
20/09/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/06/1940: Seized by UK at Newcastle |
20/09/1940: Torpedoed by U-Boat U138 52 miles NW of Rathlin Island | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Wabana in ballast | |
23/09/1940: Sank off Islay whilst under tow by HMS SUPERMAN |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/10/1920