SS English Trader

SS English Trader ashore Checkstone Rock 4.30am 23 Jan 1937
History
United Kingdom
NameSS Arctees
OwnerArctees Shipping Company Ltd.
Ordered1933
BuilderFurness Ship Building Company Ltd
Launched25 January 1934
Maiden voyage1934
House flag, Trader Navigation Co. LtdUnited Kingdom
NameSS English Trader
OwnerTrader Navigation Company Ltd
Acquired1936
Out of service24 October 1941
HomeportLondon[1]
Identification
FateRan aground on Hammond Knoll on the North Norfolk Coast
General characteristics
Tonnage3,953 GRT
Length362 ft 5 in (110.46 m)[1]
Beam57 ft 5 in (17.50 m)[1]
Depth23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)[1]
Installed power357 hp (266 kW) nominal
Propulsion
  • Two single-ended boilers with a working pressure of 220lb psi.
  • Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine (North East Marine Engineering Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne) 357 hp (266 kW)[1]
  • Single propeller
Speed8–10 knots (15–19 km/h; 9.2–11.5 mph)
Crew38

The SS English Trader was a British merchant ship wrecked off the coast of Norfolk, England in October 1941.[2] After falling behind a convoy during the Second World War of which she was a part, the ship ran aground on the Hammond's Knoll sandbank and began to break up during a gale. Several rescue attempts by lifeboats failed, but a further attempt the following day by the Cromer Lifeboat rescued 44 of the crew, three having already been lost.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  2. ^ Cyril Jolly, The loss of the English Trader, Chapter 1, Page 1 ISBN 0-906554-06-3