SS Eastfield

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Eastfield
Owner	The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.
Builder	Osbourne, Graham & Co., North Hylton, Sunderland
Yard number	113
Launched	4 December 1900
Identification	Official number: 112797
Fate	Sunk, 27 November 1917
General characteristics [1]
Type	Armed merchant ship
Tonnage	2,145 GRT
Length	87.2 m (286 ft 1 in)
Beam	13.1 m (43 ft 0 in)
Depth	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 212 hp (158 kW)

SS Eastfield was a 2,150-ton armed steamship which was torpedoed by the German U-boat SM UB-57 on 27 November 1917.^[2] The wreck sits intact at 50°14.255′N 4°42.262′W at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) off Mevagissey, Cornwall. The cargo of coal can be found scattered on the sea bed nearby.

The ship was built by Osbourne, Graham & Company of Sunderland in 1901, and owned by The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.^[3]

References

1. "Eastfield Cargo Ship 1901-1917". wrecksite.eu. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
2. Hood, Charles (2003). 100 Best Dives in Cornwall. Circle Books. p. 35. ISBN 0-9538919-3-3.
3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Steamer Eastfield". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 March 2013.