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Eclipse (I) - (1931-1954)
"Eclipse" was build in 1931, torpedoed in 1942, but repaired.
Sold in 1949 as "Ionian Skipper". Scrapped in 1954.
Eclipse
LOA 500 '1 "; Beam 65 '9 "; Depth 37 '
15.027 DWT; 119,284 bbls
Launched 30 June and commissioned 25 August 1931 at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engine Company, Greenock, Scotland.
While the US-flag brilliant, comet and daylight were being built in the US, eclipse was being constructed in Scotland to
the same hull dimensions and general plan.
In January 1941, Eclipse was requisitioned for WWII service, entering transatlantic convoy work from Aruba, Netherlands Antil-
les, to the UK. On 4 May 1942, just off Boynton Beach, Florida, Eclipse was torpedoed and badly damaged, but not sunk.
Captain George Legg took her into Fort Lauderdale. Later she was towed to Mobile, Alabama, and repaired, using an undamaged
boiler from java arrow, in Mobile at the same time and for the same reason. Two men lost their lives in this torpedo attack.
eclipse came home from the war in January 1946, to work out of the Persian Gulf for Europe and the Mediterranean until laid up
for lack of demand in 1949. In December 1949 she was sold to Compania de Navigacion, Cristobal, Panama.
She was renamed Ionian Skipper by her new owners.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ECLIPSE"
IDNo:
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1154063
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Year:
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1931
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Name:
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ECLIPSE
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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30.06.1931
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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08.1931
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DWT:
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15027
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Yard No:
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553
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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147.7
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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20.1
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Builder:
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Scotts' SB
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Greenock
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1Q-11
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Subsequent History:
1950 IONIAN SKIPPER
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Yokohama 06.05.1954.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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154063
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1154063
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1931
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ECLIPSE
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9767
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Standard Tptn Co.
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1154063
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1931
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IONIAN SKIPPER
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9767
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1950
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Vergottis
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Additional information Starke & Schell registers :
ECLIPSE - 1931 BR 1Q (aft) (11)
9,767 GRT for Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong 484.7 x 66.0
Tanker build by Scotts' SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Greenock (8) #553 154063
1940 - Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd., London
05/04/1942 Torpedoed but repaired
1950 - IONIAN SKIPPER, Cia. de Navegacion Cristobal, S.A., Panama [Vergottis, Ltd.], PA
Broken up in Japan 1954, arr. Yokohama 6.5.1954
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: Eclipse
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 9.767 tons
Completed: 1931 - Scott´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock
Owner: Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong
Homeport: Hong Kong
Date of attack: 4 May, 1942
Nationality: British
Fate: Damaged by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren)
Position: 26.30N, 80.00W - Grid DM 2318
- See location on a map -
Complement: ? men (2 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: -
Notes on loss: At 19.04 hours on 4 May, 1942, U-564 torpedoed the Eclipse and observed the tanker grounded by the stern,
but the ship was later salvaged.