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tanker Eocene| wilfran |
Posted: July 31, 2003 09:25 pm
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Soldat  Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 60 Joined: July 27, 2003  |
Hi friends
Does someone can give some info on this ship? greatings wilfran |
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| Dénes |
Posted: August 01, 2003 10:56 pm
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This is what I found on the 'net:
Ship Casualties of the Socony Vacuum Company During World War II (now Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company): Eocene, Great Britain, 05/20/42, Torpedoed, Lost Source: http://www.usmm.org/mobil.html Dénes |
 
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| Tiornu |
Posted: August 08, 2003 06:56 pm
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Fruntas  Group: Members Posts: 83 Member No.: 75 Joined: August 08, 2003 |
This is what I have:
Eocene (ex-Schulau, ex-Vacoil, ex-Fort McHenry), built 1922 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Baltimore. 4216 gross tons, 6300 deadweight tons. 340 x 49-2 x 24-3 feet-inches, 10 knots. Torpedoed by U 431 (CO Wilhelm Dommes) while in convoy AT46, sunk at 31-57N 25-11E on 21 May 41, no fatalities, 42 survivors. |
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| Victor |
Posted: August 08, 2003 07:45 pm
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And what does this has to do with the Romanian Royal Navy?
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| C-2 |
Posted: August 08, 2003 07:55 pm
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There were perhaps some Romanian ilegal imigrants on the ship.... |
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| wilfran |
Posted: August 15, 2003 08:06 pm
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Soldat Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 60 Joined: July 27, 2003 |
Hoi medic and victor
maybe this clears something The Eocene was manned by my recollections during WWII by Roumanian (free) volunteers who served maybe the right course! Greatings wilfran |
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| Th. Dorgeist |
Posted: August 15, 2003 08:22 pm
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Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 64 Member No.: 31 Joined: July 09, 2003 |
Hallo, out Hans-Jürgen Abert Werk:
0536.) ts SCHULAU RHDL DHUV /August 1922 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Baltimore (125) (Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co.) 4275/2396 12111/8787 6246/5588/5500 103,56 14,98 8,79 8,71 m 3fE 584x991x1651/1067 1550 2 14,1 530 Ellicott Mach. Co., Baltimore 35 "Fort Mc Henry" Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., ? (USA) 1923 "Vacoil" Vacuum Oil Co., New York. (23.1.1929) "Schulau" Deutsche Vacuum Oel AG, Hamburg (DEU). Januar 1935 verkauft und (20.2.1935) "Eocene" Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hongkong (GBR). 1941 Socony Vacuum Transportation Co. Ltd., London. 20.5.1942 auf Reise Alexandria - Tobruk mit 1980 tons Benzin und 3700 tons Wasser in Pos. 31.56 N 25.14 O/etwa 20 sm NO Bardia Mittelmeer durch das deutsche U Boot "U 431" torpediert und 21.5. gesunken. Greatings Theo |
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