SS Edward Y. Townsend
Launch of Edward Y. Townsend | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Edward Y. Townsend |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Builder | Superior Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard number | 515 |
| Launched | 18 August 1906 |
| Completed | 1906 |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1968 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #203449 |
| Fate | Sunk on the way to the scrapper on 7 October 1968 |
| Notes | She was the sister ship of the ill-fated Daniel J. Morrell |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bulk freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 603 ft (184 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Height | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | 2 x Scotch marine boilers |
| Propulsion | 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine attached to a single fixed pitch propeller |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 29 |
SS Edward Y. Townsend (official number 203449) was a 603-foot (184 m) American Great Lakes freighter that served on the Great Lakes. She was primarily used to haul bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal, grain and occasionally limestone. She was in service from her launching in 1906 to her sinking in 1968. She is best known for sinking on the way to the scrapper, near RMS Titanic, off the coast of Newfoundland.