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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