Browning
Ship Number
481D
Vessel Type
'B' type cargo ship
Built
Archibald McMillan & Son
Yard
Dumbarton
Launch Date
26/06/1919
Delivered
28/08/1919
Owner
Shipping Controller (Lambert & Holt Line Ltd.)
Weight
5332 grt
BP Length
400.8 feet
Breadth
52.2 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
T3cyl (27,44 & 73 - 48)in. 180lb. 517nhp by J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock
Official No.
140646
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
 Browning

The vessel was under construction at Archibald McMillan & Son of Dumbarton when the yard was taken over by Harland & Wolff in 1917, Archibald McMillan & Son ship number was retained.
 
Laid down as War Marten for The Shipping Controller.
 
Torpedoed 12th November 1942 by U.595 off Oran, 35.52N - 00.45E on passage Barrow for Oran with tanks, explosives and cased petrol.