Glenluce
Ship Number
514
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
September 25, 1919
Delivered
January 14, 1920
Owner
Glen Line Ltd
Weight
6755 grt
BP Length
405 feet
Breadth
54 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
Diesel, 810 NHP
Official No.
141941
Registered
Glasgow
Fate
Torpedoed
Glenluce

Fitted to carry the usual 12 passengers. Dimensions and profile showed them to be merely updated versions of the Elder Dempster's steam driven Ebani Class of 1912.  
 
In February 1936 she was sold to P.Wigham Richardson of Newcastle and renamed Ionopolis.
 
By 1937 she was owned by Skibs A/s Vigrid with Brun & von der Lippe as managers and named Vigo. She did one season in the Antarctic as a whaling supply ship before being sold to Red A/B Jamaica & Stockholm, with Sven Salen as manager, and renamed Korshamn for their Sweden - West Indies service.
 
On 17th March 1941 she was torpedoed by U-99 (Kretschmer) while forming part of convoy HX 112.