Hyperia

PBVR

Torpedoed and Sunk - 1918

Hyperia was a 3,921 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1895 by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. for Simpson Spence as Pinners Point.

From 1903 she was owned by British & South American Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by R.P.Houston & Sons.

She was sunk on 28 July 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-52 at position 32° 21' N, 31° 25' E - approximately 84 nautical miles North-West by North of Port Said.

She was en route from Marseille to Port Said carrying military stores and troops. Apart from the crew casualties, 57 French servicemen lost their lives in the attack.

Master

Date

Left

Destination

H G Timmie

1903 - 1904



Sherlock

1904 - 1905



J Enos

1905 - 1911



A Way

1911 - 1918




9/1914

Liverpool

Montevideo


7/1918

Marseilles

Port Said

Torpedoed & sunk

Launched - 1895

Acquired - 1903

   Crew List

Career Summary

Ex Pinners Point

1903 Purchased renamed Hyperia

1918 Torpedoed and sunk 84 miles from Port Said

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Hyperia

1895

5257

105342

Joseph Thompson

Sunderland

John Dickinson

Sunderland

Triple Expansion Steam

500 NHP

2500 IHP

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