Ship sunk off Cornwall in 1917, now a dive site
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Name | SS Eastfield |
Owner | The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd. |
Builder | Osbourne, Graham & Co., North Hylton, Sunderland |
Yard number | 113 |
Launched | 4 December 1900 |
Identification | Official number: 112797 |
Fate | Sunk, 27 November 1917 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Armed merchant ship |
Tonnage | 2,145 GRT |
Length | 87.2 m (286 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) |
Depth | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 212 hp (158 kW) |
SS Eastfield was a 2,150-ton armed steamship which was torpedoed by the German U-boat SM UB-57 on 27 November 1917.[2] The wreck sits intact at 50°14.255′N 4°42.262′W / 50.237583°N 4.704367°W / 50.237583; -4.704367 at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) off Mevagissey, Cornwall. The cargo of coal can be found scattered on the sea bed nearby.
The ship was built by Osbourne, Graham & Company of Sunderland in 1901, and owned by The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eastfield Cargo Ship 1901-1917". wrecksite.eu. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Hood, Charles (2003). 100 Best Dives in Cornwall. Circle Books. p. 35. ISBN 0-9538919-3-3.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Steamer Eastfield". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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