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ECHUNGA

Submitted by Kees Helder on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 11:50
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Completed 1907 as "ECHUNGA" for Adelaide S.S. 1916 taken over by Admiralty (Anglo-Saxon). 1917 torpedoed and sunk by U52.
IMO number
1125623
Call sign
G..
Construction number
531
Tonnage
6.285 ton
Beam
19m
Length overall
130m
Year of construction
1907
Year of renaming/broken up
1917
Service for Shell
1916 to 1917
Cargo
Oil
Class
General Cargo (cased oil carriers)
Flag state
Great Britain
Home port
London
Manager
Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard
Sr. Raylton Dixon & Co Shipbuilders Middlesbrough UK
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK
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Comments

Submitted by Mark Schroeder on Tue, 06/14/2016 - 09:21

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
06/14/2016 - 09:21 Mark Schroeder

My great grandfather George Oliver Rodger Flinn, was one of the 9 crew who lost their lives aboard this vessel on 5 September 1917, when it was sunk by a German submarine.