Martien Slaats01/07/2008Launched 1908: ss PURELIGHT ss PURELIGHT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Greenock, Yard No 307 Last Name: HEALDTON (1916) Launched: Wednesday, 01/07/1908 Built: 1908 Ship Type: Tanker Tonnage: 4489 grt Length: 369 feet Breadth: 50.9 feet Owner History: Purelight Steamship Company, Hamburg 1911 Pure Oli Co., Hamburg 1916 Standard Oil Company, Bayonne NJ Status: Sunk - 21/03/1917 Remarks: Torpedoed or mined 25 miles north of Terschelling 53.53N 04.28E on passage Philadelphia for Rotterdam Previous update by Stuart Cameron Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/slideshow.asp

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Stuart Cameron, www.clydesite.co.uk

Allen Tony21/03/2008HEALDTON SS was a American Steam Tanker of 4,489 tons built in 1908 by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock as the PURELIGHT SS for the Purelight Steamship Company, Hamburg. In 1911 she was acquired by Pure Oli Co., Hamburg and in 1916 was purchased by Standard Oil Company, Bayonne NJ and renamed HEALDTON SS. On the 21st March 1917 she was torpedoed by German submarine when on route fr om Philadelphia for Rotterdam.

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Stuart Cameron, www.clydesite.co.uk

Lettens Jan11/11/2007HEALDTON Standard Oil Co., New Jersey; 1908; Greenock & Grangemouth; Dkyd. Co.; 4.489 tons; 369x50,9x27,3ft; 472 nhp.; triple expansion engines.

The American tanker Healdton was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea on March 21st, 1917.

ref. used:

Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam