History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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 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]