Argentine Transport
Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers)
Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April
1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate
stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reported that on 6 April
they had encountered heavy field ice in Lat. 46 degrees 24’N. and that
they had run through icebergs until 8 April when they passed clear of
the ice after rounding the Grand Banks. After departing
Louisburg, arrived at Philadelphia on 17 April.
Port of registry: West Hartlepool, UK
Flag of registry: British, single funnel, black with red band below black top, white Maltese cross in red band
Company flag: Red, white Maltese cross across filling center
Signal letters: H S D K
Steel hull, one funnel, schooner rig, single screw, 1 deck
Tonnages: gross 4,763 underdeck 4,478 net 3, 024
Dimensions: length 385 ft. poop 36 ft. width 52 ft. bridge 119 depth 27ft. fo’c’sle 36ft.
Engines by Richardson, Westgarth & Co., Ltd. Hartlepool triple expansion, 3 cyl. 25”,40”,68” by 48” stroke, 320 NHP
1911 Built by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd.,West Hartlepool Yard No.491
1911 Launched 14 January1912 4 Feb. Trials
1916 Sold to Furness, Withy & Co., renamed Parisiana
1916 Captured by German submarine 82 miles west of Ushant and sunk by gunfire.
Related Themes and Keywords
Captured Cargo Empire Transport Company Field Ice Grand Banks Gunfire Hartlepool Icebergs Maltese Cross Submarine
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