SPRINGDALE (1937, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SPRINGDALE
Also known as:
EASTDALE
Year of Build:
1937
Official Number:
165564
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sunderland, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
452
Builder Name:
Short Brothers Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Springwell Shipping Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
40.3'
Depth:
17.9'
Tonnage (gross):
1636
Tonnage (net):
891
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Gulf of Bothnia
Date:
18 Jun 1959
How:
Capsized and sank due to shifted cargo
History
Chronology:

1937 Owned Springwell Shipping Co

1953 Owned Eastboard Shipping Co Ltd; renamed EASTDALE

1959 Capsized on June 18

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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