| Name: | EBOE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/09/1912 |
| Completed: | 12/1912 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 821 |
| Dimensions: | 4866grt, 2965nrt, 405.1 x 54.1 x 23.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 44 & 74 x 51ins), 566nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 135174 |
| History: | |
| 17/12/1912 | African Steamship Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpol |
| 1933 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1939 | Fratelli Rizzuto, Genoa; renamed FORTUNSTELLA |
| 1941 | Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO TERCERO |
| 22/06/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U202, 100 miles east of Atlantic City |
| On a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires, carrying, coal, mail & general cargo |
Above photo as EBOE is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as EBOE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as RIO TERCERO is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 26/09/1912