RaySearching Posted 27 May , 2019 Share Posted 27 May , 2019 Seeking the name of this steamship please Euterp?? euterps ? euterpes ? Source 1911 census ancestry regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 27 May , 2019 Admin Share Posted 27 May , 2019 A SS Euterpe was torpedoed in 1917 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4115323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm12hl Posted 27 May , 2019 Share Posted 27 May , 2019 The vessel concerned is the British tramp steamer EUTERPE, O.N.114762, 3,540 gross tons, built in 1901 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough for the Calliope Steamship Co. Ltd. of London, managed by Scaramanga Brothers. She survived being torpedoed by UB 47 off Suda Bay on 1 March 1917, and after several changes of ownership was sold to Greek owners in 1928 and renamed MARIONGOULA. She was broken up at Copenhagen in May 1932 following damage from a stranding in the previous December. At the time the document you have copied was issued, she was moored at the Extension Buoys, Alexandra Dock at Newport, Mon. in South Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 27 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2019 (edited) Thanks David and Malcolm a soldier I was researching was aboard her in 1911 before emigrating to Canada and enlisting in the C.E.F in 1911 Ray Edit As an aside did the Euterpe sail for the USA /Canada in 1911 Edited 27 May , 2019 by RaySearching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm12hl Posted 27 May , 2019 Share Posted 27 May , 2019 The EUTERPE was a tramp steamer, and as such did not sail on a regular schedule to the same destinations, or normally carry passengers. She was probably at Newport to load coal, but she could, quite literally have been taking it anywhere in the world. Her crew lists for 1911 will probably be in the archives in St. John's, Newfoundland, but the easiest way to find out what she was up to at the time you are interested in would be in Lloyd's List, which published ship movements on an ongoing basis - it is available in a number of reference libraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 27 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2019 Thanks Malcolm I was just curious The soldier in question appears to have arrived in Canada in 1911 Hence the interest Thanks for the reply Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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