Difference between revisions of "HMT Eboe"
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| shipname = HMT Eboe | | shipname = HMT Eboe | ||
− | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = African Steamship Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpol |
| shipbuilder = Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd, Hebburn | | shipbuilder = Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| shipyardnumber = 821 | | shipyardnumber = 821 | ||
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| shiptype = Cargo ship | | shiptype = Cargo ship | ||
| shiptonnage = 4,866 tons | | shiptonnage = 4,866 tons | ||
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The third ship by this name owned by Elder Dempster & Company who operated as the African Steamship Company Ltd on the UK, East Africa route. | The third ship by this name owned by Elder Dempster & Company who operated as the African Steamship Company Ltd on the UK, East Africa route. | ||
− | Sold in | + | Sold in 1939 to Italian company Fratelli Rizzuto of Genoa and renamed ''Fortunestella''. Sold again in 1941 to Flota Mercante del Estado of Buenos Aires and renamed ''Rio Tercero,'' she was sunk 100 miles (166 km) east of Atlantic City on 22 Jun 1942 by U-Boat ''U-202'' on a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Revision as of 23:15, 27 October 2021
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The third ship by this name owned by Elder Dempster & Company who operated as the African Steamship Company Ltd on the UK, East Africa route.
Sold in 1939 to Italian company Fratelli Rizzuto of Genoa and renamed Fortunestella. Sold again in 1941 to Flota Mercante del Estado of Buenos Aires and renamed Rio Tercero, she was sunk 100 miles (166 km) east of Atlantic City on 22 Jun 1942 by U-Boat U-202 on a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires.