She was one of three ships bought by the African and Eastern Trade Corporation in 1924. She was sold to Greek owners BJ Andreadakis & A Stavridis, (Piraeus) in 1927, shortly before African and Eastern merged with the Royal Niger Company to form United Africa Company (UAC).[1]
Whilst under her latest name of SS Volgas and with a Greek flag, she ran aground on the small Greek island of Milos in the Aegean Sea on 11 January 1937. She came ashore near the lighthouse on Paximadia, southwest of Milos, during a voyage from Mersin, Turkey, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of grain. Salvage was abandoned on 16 January and she was declared a total loss.[2]
woodville, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2013, learn, whe. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources SS Woodville news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2 500 ton steamship Woodville was built in 1892 for Woodville SS Co Ltd Balls amp Stansfield of North Shields England She was then sold during World War I to the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company Liverpool SS Woodville SS Woodville in Liverpool docksHistoryNameWoodville 1892 1927 Volgas 1927 1937 OwnerWoodville SS Co Ltd Balls amp Stansfield 1892 1916 Southern Whaling amp Sealing Company 1916 1924 African and Eastern Trade Corporation 1924 1927 BJ Andreadakis amp A Stavridis 1927 1937 Port of registryUnited Kingdom 1892 1927 Greece 1927 1937 BuilderJohn Readhead amp Sons South ShieldsYard number285Launched22 October 1892AcquiredNovember 1892IdentificationOfficial number 102028FateWrecked 11 January 1937General characteristicsTonnage2 513 GRT 1 593 NRTLength91 1 m 299 ft Beam12 4 m 41 ft Draught5 7 m 19 ft PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine single screw 232 hp 173 kW She was one of three ships bought by the African and Eastern Trade Corporation in 1924 She was sold to Greek owners BJ Andreadakis amp A Stavridis Piraeus in 1927 shortly before African and Eastern merged with the Royal Niger Company to form United Africa Company UAC 1 In March 1922 Leonard Hussey accompanied the body of Ernest Shackleton from Montevideo Uruguay to South Georgia for burial at Grytviken aboard Woodville 1 Whilst under her latest name of SS Volgas and with a Greek flag she ran aground on the small Greek island of Milos in the Aegean Sea on 11 January 1937 She came ashore near the lighthouse on Paximadia southwest of Milos during a voyage from Mersin Turkey to Hamburg Germany with a cargo of grain Salvage was abandoned on 16 January and she was declared a total loss 2 References Edit a b Kohn 1970 Woodville SS 1924 1927 Volgas SS 1937 WreckSite Retrieved 18 September 2013 Sources Edit Kohn Roger 1970 Palm Line The Coming of Age London Raithby Lawrence and Company Ltd Southern Whaling amp Sealing Co Sound of Jura Liverpool SS Woodville Bromport Steamship Company Ltd travelling from Lagos to Liverpool The National Archives This merchant ship article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Woodville amp oldid 1090141633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
