Name: | ELSINORE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/11/1913 |
Completed: | 12/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 931 |
Dimensions: | 6542grt, 4169nrt, 420.5 x 54.6 x 32.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 484nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135530 |
History: | |
08/12/1913 | Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
11/09/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/09/1914: Sank after being captured and shelled by SMS LEIPZIG |
80 miles SW by W of Cape Corrientes, in position 19.39N – 106.46W | |
On a voyage from Corinto to San Luis Obispo in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Monday, 15/12/1913