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Name: GANELON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/01/1907
Completed: 07/1907
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 779
Dimensions: 5586grt, 3572nrt, 425.5 x 53.1 x 29.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (28.5, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 556nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1919: 143224)
History:
07/1907 Roland Linie AG, Bremen
1919 The Shipping Controller (RS Dalgliesh), London
1921 City of Oran Steamship Co Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool
1921 Renamed CITY OF BATAVIA
1923 Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London
1938 SA Industria Armamento (Pietro Ravano fu Marco), Genoa
1938 Renamed VOLUNTAS
1941 Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO TEUCO
1946 SA Industria Armamento, Genoa; renamed VOLUNTAS
1949 Trasmarna Soc per Azioni, Genoa; renamed VOLUNTA
12/04/1955 Sank
Comments: 08/1914: Seized at Antwerp and detained until close of World War I
05/1940: Detained at Necochea
12/04/1955: Stranded, broke in two & sank, south of Ouessant
On a voyage from Bone to Ghent with a cargo of iron ore


Above photo as CITY OF BATAVIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as CITY OF BATAVIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VOLUNTAS is courtesy of Richard Cox