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Name: SAINT ANDREW launched as WAR TURRET
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/07/1919
Completed: 09/1919
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 274
Dimensions: 5614grt, 3534nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: North Eastern Marine, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140652
History:
11/09/1919 Saint Line Ltd (Rankin, Gilmore & Co, managers), Liverpool
1936 Renamed SAINT ANSELM
30/06/1941 Sank
Comments: She was a Type F1, WW1 Standard Ship design
Ordered by and launched for the Shipping Controller, Government of UK
30/06/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U66, 540 miles WxS of Madeira
On a voyage from Calcutta to Hull, with pig iron, linseed & groundnuts
34 of the crew were kiled


Above photo as SAINT ANDREW is copyright of Alex Duncan