Name: | ESLINGTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/06/1905 |
Completed: | 07/1905 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 129 |
Dimensions: | 781grt, 417nrt, 200.0 x 30.5 x 12.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 108nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 122824 |
History: | |
07/1905 | Eslington Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1906 | Angfartygs A/B Heimdal (FB Wahlquist), Gothenburg, Sweden; renamed FORE |
1915 | Skips A/S Hippalos, Lillesand, Norway; renamed HERSE |
1916 | Kristiansunds D/S A/S, Kristiansund, Norway; renamed RENSFJELL |
23/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/10/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U56, 14nm from Vardo |
On a voyage from Fraserburgh to Archangel with a cargo of salted herring |
Above photo as ESLINGTON courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as ESLINGTON courtesy of Clive Ketley