Name: | ELFLAND |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/03/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1914 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 218 |
Dimensions: | 4211grt, 2670nrt, 370.0 x 50.9 x 26.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 371nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136672 |
History: | |
30/04/1914 | Fred Drughorn Ltd, London |
1914 | Dunlop Steamship Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow |
1914 | Renamed QUEEN ALEXANDRA |
1919 | Ampleforth Steamship Co Ltd (C Cravos), Cardiff |
1920 | Rhondda Merthyr Shipping Co Ltd (CJ Evans), Cardiff |
1925 | Geo D Gratsos, Ithaca; renamed TRITON |
1936 | Geo D Gratsos Sons, Ithaca |
1938 | Geo D Gratsos Co Ltd, Ithaca |
1939 | Francesco Galli fu G, Genoa; renamed MARIA ROSA |
29/02/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/02/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20, 4 miles from Cross Sand LV |
On a voyage from Marseille to Hartlepool in ballast |
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 13/03/1914