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