Name: | HELLENIC |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/12/1908 |
Completed: | 02/1909 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 427 |
Dimensions: | 4404grt, 2722nrt, 380.2 x 52.0 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 46 & 76 x 48ins), 492nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1936: 165384) |
History: | |
02/1909 | Rederi A/B Transatlantic, Gothenburg |
1936 | MJ Lyras & Co, Piraeus |
14/01/1937 | Nailsea Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed NAILSEA BELLE |
1937 | Triton Steamship Co Ltd, Newport; renamed ST USK |
20/09/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/09/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U161, 700 miles NE of Rio de Janeiro |
On a voyage from Rio Grande to Hull carrying rice, bully beef & general cargo |
Above photo as HELLENIC is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection
Above photo as ST USK is courtesy of Richard Cox