Designer
Ship Number
826
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
D&W Henderson
Yard
Meadowside
Slip Number
2
Launch Date
July 3, 1928
Delivered
September 7, 1928
Owner
T.&J. Harrison
Weight
5945 grt
BP Length
420 feet
Breadth
54-6 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Steam, turbines, 524 nhp
Official No.
161062
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Designer

[Joe McMillan Collection]
She was powered by a steam turbines, 524 nhp, giving 13 knots.
 
On the 9th July 1941 when on route from Ellesmere Port for Table Bay carrying a cargo of military stores and 200 bags of mail she was torpedoed by German submarine U-98 and sunk off the Portugese Coast.
 
Out of a crew of 79, 68 including Capt D.A.McCallum, were killed.