Name: | EUPHRATES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/10/1901 |
Completed: | 12/1901 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 715 |
Dimensions: | 2809grt, 1793nrt, 300.0 x 43.7 x 16.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 61 x 42ins), 280nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114805 |
History: | |
1901 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Bros), London |
1906 | Cie Nationale Belge de Transports Maritimes (A Deppe), Antwerp |
22/01/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/01/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57, 240 miles SWxW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Rotterdam to Galveston in ballast |
Above photo as EUPHRATES courtesy of Clive Ketley