EAGLE POINT - 1900

EAGLE POINT - 1900

Postby northeast » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:00 pm

1900, 5222grt
J.L.Thompson (381) for Norfolk & North American SS Co, Liverpool
Torpedoed by U.100 on 28/03/1916, 100 miles WNW of Bishop Rock
seen here in drydock in USA?
EAGLEPOINT1900JLThompson.jpg
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Re: EAGLE POINT - 1900

Postby Whickham » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:21 pm

Wiki says they were based in Philadephia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cramp_and_Sons
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Re: EAGLE POINT - 1900

Postby northeast » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:04 pm

Thanks Dave, I was too lazy to try to read what it said on the gate!
They were indeed one of the few major US shipbuilders of the period.
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Re: EAGLE POINT - 1900

Postby magoonigal » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:56 pm

Its a great Picture. Lots going on...
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.
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