SS Eubée

Eubée, probably in the Scheldt
History
France
NameEubée
NamesakeEuboea
OwnerChargeurs Réunis
Port of registryLe Havre
RouteHamburgBuenos Aires
BuilderA & C de France, Dunkirk
Completed1921
Identification
Fatesank after collision, 1936
General characteristics
Typerefrigerated cargo liner
Tonnage9,582 GRT, 6,006 NRT, 8,070 DWT
Length483.0 ft (147.2 m)
Beam59.0 ft (18.0 m)
Depth34.0 ft (10.4 m)
Decks3
Installed power2 × triple-expansion engines;
680 NHP
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed13+12 knots (25 km/h)
Capacity
  • passengers: at least 178
  • baled cargo: 376,000 cu ft (10,600 m3)
  • refrigerated cargo: 304,640 cubic feet (8,626 m3)
Sensors &
processing systems
by 1930: wireless direction finding

SS Eubée was a refrigerated cargo liner that was built in France for Chargeurs Réunis in 1921. She was one of a fleet of similar ships that Chargeurs operated on scheduled services between Hamburg, Le Havre, and Buenos Aires.

In 1936, Eubée was involved in a collision in the South Atlantic with a British refrigerated cargo ship, in which five of her stokers were killed. Eubée's passengers and surviving crew were rescued, and tugboats took her in tow, but two days after the collision she sank.