Name: | SANTILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/03/1917 |
Completed: | 06/1917 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 453 |
Dimensions: | 4287grt, 2695nrt, 370.3 x 50.4 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 484nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140310 |
History: | |
11/06/1917 | Scrutton, Sons & Co, London |
1920 | Charente Steamship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool; renamed SPECIALIST |
1936 | Nailsea Steamship Co Ltd (ER Management Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1936 | Renamed NAILSEA LASS |
24/04/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/04/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 60 miles SW of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Calcutta to London carrying charcoal, pig iron & general cargo |
Above photo as SPECIALIST is copyright Library of Contemporary History Stuttgart