Earnwell (1886)

Later names
Leelanaw (1898)

Builder:
Palmers Shipbuilding &
Iron Co. Ltd.
Jarrow-on-Tyne, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1887
Launched:
December 27, 1886
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
February 1887
GRT:
1,323 (1,923 when sunk)
Fate:
Sunk July 25, 1915 by SMS U-41 (Kapitänleutnant Klaus Hensen) gunfire and torpedo.

Location: North Atlantic aprox. 60 miles NW of the Orkney Islands.

No casualties.
Owners
1886:
Earnwell Steamship Company Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

1898:
Saginaw Steel Steamship Company
New York, New York

1903:
Michigan Steamship Company
New York, New York

1907:
Pacific Freighting Company
Tacoma, Washington

1909:
R. Dunsmuir & Sons
Tacoma, Washington

1911:
J. Jerome
Tacoma, Washington

1912:
Leelanaw Steamship Company
San Francisco, California


Builder's Data
Page published Dec. 16, 2017