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United Kingdom
Name SS Eastfield
Owner The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.
Builder Osbourne, Graham & Co., North Hylton, Sunderland
Yard number 113
Launched 4 December 1900
Identification Official number: 112797
Fate Sunk, 27 November 1917
General characteristics
Type Armed merchant ship
Tonnage 2,145 GRT
Length 87.2 m (286 ft 1 in)
Beam 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in)
Depth 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 212 hp (158 kW)

SS Eastfield was a 2,150-ton armed steamship which was torpedoed by the German U-boat SM UB-57 on 27 November 1917. The wreck sits intact at 50°14.255′N 4°42.262′W / 50.237583°N 4.704367°W / 50.237583; -4.704367 at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) off Mevagissey, Cornwall. The cargo of coal can be found scattered on the sea bed nearby.

The ship was built by Osbourne, Graham & Company of Sunderland in 1901, and owned by The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.

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