Streonshalh (1928)

Builder:
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd
Sunderland, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1928
Launched:
June 2, 1928
Type:
Cargo
Completed:
July 1928
Fate:
Captured and sunk Dec. 7, 1939 by the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee.
Three charges fail to sink the ship so she is sunk with 5.9" (150mm) shells.

Location: South Atlantic, 1,817 miles ENE of Montevideo, Uruguay.
(25.01S - 27.50W)

All 32 crewmen taken POW, no casualties.


Owner
Rowland & Marwood's Steamship Company
Whitby, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
349' 4"
Engines:
1 triple expansion
Beam:
50' 1"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
23' 8" (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
3,895
HP:
315
DWT:
6,350
Speed:
9 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1


Captains
From
To
Name
N/A
Dec. 7, 1939
J. J. Robinson


Notes
Dec. 7, 1939:
Streonshalh is captured by the Admiral Graf Spee without incident. The ship's papers are
thrown overboard, but several important reports are captured by the boarding party.
These include shipping reports from Montevideo and a recent photo of the cruiser HMS
Cumberland taken Nov. 9, 1939 showing the latest camouflage scheme.

Three charges are placed on the Streonshalh, but fail to sink her. Several 5.9" (150mm)
shells are fired at the waterline and Streonshalh sinks within minuets.

Since the Altmark has left the area the crew remained on the Admiral Graf Spee until
released in Montevideo, Uruguay on Dec. 14, 1939 following the Battle of the River
Plate.

Crewmen released in Montevideo, Uruguay
Barker, G. A. (Fireman & Trimmer)
Mallinson, T. W. (Chief Officer)
 
Blenkiron, Donald (Ordinary Seaman)
Marshall, W. (Fireman & Trimmer)
 
 
Brewster, F. (Fireman & Trimmer)
Netherton, F. C. (Sailor)
 
 
Burton, S. (Steward)
Purvis, J. (Ship's Cook)
 
 
Dixon, H. (Sailor)
Raine, J. (Deck Boy)
 
 
Dobson, John. E. (Sailor)
Richardson, J. (Fireman & Trimmer)
 
 
Dunn, R. G. (2nd Engineer)
Roberts, D. B. R. (Apprentice)
 
 
Foulis, J. (Carpenter and Able Seaman)
Robertson, A. M. (Apprentice)
 
 
Gatenby, W. W. (2nd Officer)
Robinson, J. J. (Master)
 
 
Gill, J. H. (Able Seaman)
Sanderson, T. (3rd Engineer)
 
 
Idle, W. (Donkeyman)
Stuart, C. W. (3rd Officer)
 
 
Jeffries, F. H. (Chief Engineer)
Vasey, W. J. (Cabin Boy)
 
 
Laurenson, J. (Bosun)
Verrill, T. (Fireman & Trimmer)
 
 
Leck, T. R. (Fireman & Trimmer)
Wale, R. (Fireman & Trimmer)
 
 
Locker, R. W. (Galley Boy)
Wilson, B. Mess Room Boy
 
 
MacDonald, N. G. (Radio Officer)
Wrighton, G. J. (Able Seaman)
 


Additional information for this page was provided by General Enrique R. Dick and Hugo R. Sochi.


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 20, 2008