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Name: SAVANNAH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1909
Completed: 5/1909
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 157
Dimensions: 6298grt, 4030nrt, 410.0 x 52.0 x 27.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 562nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127440
History:
05/1909 Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1910 Empire Transport Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd), West Hartlepool
1910 Renamed EMPIRE TRANSPORT
1912 Nederlandsch Amerikaansche SM, Rotterdam; renamed SOMMELSDIJK
1930 “Atlantide” Soc per Imprese Marittime, Genoa; renamed ANTIOPE
1934 Renamed ATLANTIDE
20/12/1938 Stranded
Comments: 20/12/1938: Stranded on Plaat van Valkenisse in the River Scheldt
On a voyage from Antwerp to Savona with a cargo of coal
24/12/1938: Broke in two


Above photo as SOMMELSDIJK is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as SOMMELSDIJK is courtesy of Photoship