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Name: ELEANOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/08/1888
Completed: 11/1888
Builder: HS Edwards & Sons
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 42
Dimensions: 1980grt, 1239nrt, 270.0 x 36.5 x 19.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34.5 & 55 x 36ins), 186nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 88816
History:
11/1888 J Ridley, Son & Tully, South Shields
1909 Eleanor Steamship Co Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), South Shields
12/02/1918 Sank
Comments: 12/02/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB57, 9 miles WxS of St Catherine's Point
On a voyage from Immingham to Falmouth with a cargo of government stores