D/S Peleus

Other names
ex Egglestone
Call sign
SZGL
Class
LR100A1 with freeboard
Shipping company
Nationality
Greece flaggGreece
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1928
Yard number
999
Month of delivery
Mars

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 13.3.1944
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
4.695
Net tonnage:
2.840

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 476

Dimensions

Length:
400.2'
Beam:
54.2'
Draft:
25.1'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    3/1928: W. Gray & Co.Ltd., West Hartlepool, U.K.- EGGLESTONE
    /1928: E. E. Hadjilias, Syra, Hellas - PELEUS
    /1932: Nereus Steam Nav. Co. Ltd (E. E. Hadjilias) Syra - PELEUS
    3/1944: Torpedert og senket den 13. mars av tysk ubåt U 852  (Kapitänleuntant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck) i pos.S 02.00', W 10.00 -500 n.m. Nord av Ascension Island på reise Algiers til Buenos Aires i ballast. 36 personer omkom. 3 reddet

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin - 3 cylindere diam. 26 1/2" - 44 & 73"-48".
    Maskineri bygget ved Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool, UK.

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    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: -2
    Longitude: -10