Name: | ENDYMION |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/12/1880 |
Completed: | 01/1881 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 427 |
Dimensions: | 2416grt, 1447nrt, 291.3 x 37.3 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (31 & 68 x 45ins), 242nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 82843 |
History: | |
01/1881 | Hall Brothers, London |
1896 | E Hulin, Rouen; renamed VILLEQUIER |
1906 | JB Dallest, Marseille |
1909 | Prosper Durand, Marseille & Algiers |
1911 | Soc ‘les Affréteurs Réunis’ (J Stern), Bordeaux; renamed JEANNE CONSEIL |
28/11/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 1896: Sold for about £6,000 and intended to be renamed CROISSET |
28/11/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB59 when 28 miles | |
SW of Pointe de Poulains, Belle Ile. On a voyage from Algiers to Rouen |
Above photo as ENDYMION is courtesy of Société d'Archéologie et de Mémoire Maritime