Hesperides (2)

Torpedoed and Sunk in The North Atlantic - 1917

Hesperides

Left Buenos Aires

For Liverpool

Lost 25 April 1917

Fate

Chief Engineer

L E Keady

Lost

Hesperides was a 3,393 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by Bartram & Sons for British & South American Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by R.P.Houston & Co.

She was sunk on 25 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-69 at position 52° 00' N, 13° 50' W - approximately 130 nautical miles North-West by West of Fastnet.

She was en route from Buenos Aires to Liverpool with a general cargo.

Vessel	Built	Service	Tonnage
Hesperides (2)	1899	1917 Torpedoed and sunk in Atlanic	3393

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

110625

Bartram & Son

Sunderland

J Dickinson & Son

Sunderland

Steam 3 Cyl

431 NHP

Master	Date	Left	Destination
E C Lee	7/1914	Liverpool	S America
	2/1915	Liverpool	S America