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On This Day: 27th February |
Dead Today 1933: ss BRIER
built by D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow,
Yard No 248 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: ENDA
Previous Names: Lairdsoak
Propulsion: inverted compound single screw.cydrs29 60.11.5 knots
Built: 1882
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: cargo/cattle ship
Tonnage: 682.84 grt
Length: 218 feet
Breadth: 32 feet 4
Draught: 15 feet 10
Owner History:
A A Laird Glasgow
Status: Dead - 27/02/1933
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron.25/07/1922 owners become Burns&Laird Lines Ltd. 30/05/1929 r/n Lairdsoak.1931 sold to Michel Murphy Dublin r/n Enda. on charter to Buns Laird 27/02/1933 on passage Londonderry to Heysham ran ashore Mull of Galloway.total loss
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1916: ss MECKLENBURG
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 463
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion
Built: 1909
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Tonnage: 2885 tons
Length: 349.8 feet
Breadth: 42.7 feet
Draught: 16.4 feet
Owner History:
Zeeland Stoomvaart Maatschappij
Status: Sunk - 27/02/1916
Remarks: Struck a mine in the North Sea.
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1944: HMS WOODPECKER
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 1359
Propulsion: steam turbines, 20 knots
Launched: Monday, 29 June 1942
Built: 1942
Ship Type: Sloop
Tonnage: 1250 tons
Length: 229.5 feet
Breadth: 38.8 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Sunk - 27/02/1944
Remarks: While under the command of Cdr H.L.Pryse, RD,RNR on Antisubmarine duty, on 20th February she was torpedoed by a Uboat which blew her stern off. She was taken in tow but sank on 27th with no loss of life.
Additional data by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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