Category:Southern Empress (ship, 1914)
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Ship[edit]
- Type: Whale factory ship
- Tonnage: 12,398 tons
- Built by: William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
History[edit]
- 1914 Built as steam tanker San Jeronimo for Eagle Oil and Shipping Co
- 1928 Converted to the whale factory ship Renamed: Southern Empress for Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd, London. Owner Christian Salvesen & Co, Edinburgh Flag: United Kingdom. Homeport: Leith
- 1942-10-14 Sunk by U-221 (Hans-Hartwig Trojer)
- Position 53.40N, 40.40W - Grid AJ 9327
- Complement 125 (48 dead and 77 survivors).
- Convoy SC-104
- Route New Orleans - New York (3 Oct) - Glasgow
- Cargo 11700 tons of fuel oil and a deck cargo of 21 landing craft
Media in category "Southern Empress (ship, 1914)"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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Southern Empress.jpg 550 × 304; 25 KB
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Tanker San Jeronimo.jpg 1,000 × 615; 374 KB
Categories:
- Oil tankers
- Ships built at William Doxford and Sons, Sunderland
- Ships built in 1914
- Ships sunk by U-boats
- Ships sunk by torpedo
- Ships sunk in 1942
- Shipwrecks in the North Atlantic
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Whaling factory ships
- World War I ships of the United Kingdom
- World War II ships of the United Kingdom