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SS St. Elwyn
SS ''St. Elwyn'' was a Cargo ship, cargo steamship that was built in England in 1938 and owned by the South American Saint Line. A German U-boat sank her in the Atlantic Ocean in 1940, with the loss of 24 of her crew. ''St. Elwyn'' was one of a relatively small number of steamships that had a White's Marine Engineering Company, White combination engine, which was a high-speed four-cylinder Marine steam engine#Compound, compound steam engine that drove the propeller shaft via single-reduction gearing, and whose exhaust steam powered a steam turbine that drove the same shaft via double-reduction gearing. In 1946 the South American Saint Line renamed another steamship ''St. Elwyn''. She had been built in 1940 as ''Charlton Hall''. Building In 1936 J.L. Thompson and Sons built a set of three sister ships in Sunderland on the River Wear for South American Saint Line. ''St. Helena'' was launched in April 1936 and completed that July. ''St. Margaret'' was launched in May 1936 and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
