Name: | EASTVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/01/1902 |
Completed: | 03/1902 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 359 |
Dimensions: | 3541grt, 2306nrt, 341.3 x 46.7 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114515 |
History: | |
03/1902 | Ville Steamships Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields |
1918 | Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London; renamed CHATHAM |
1929 | Vassilios Livanos, Chios; renamed TIMIOS STAVROS |
10/12/1932 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/12/1932: Sank about 60 miles from Zante at 36.53N – 19.22E after |
springing a leak on a voyage from Barry to Istanbul with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as EASTVILLE courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 27/01/1902