| Name: | SILENE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/08/1920 |
| Completed: | 11/1920 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 912 |
| Dimensions: | 4959grt, 3112nrt, 386.1 x 52.6 x 26.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 453nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1925: 148699) |
| History: | |
| 11/1920 | Soc "Les Affreteurs Réunis" (Jean Stern), Rouen |
| 1925 | St James Steamship Co Ltd (Japp, Hatch & Co Ltd), London; renamed MUIRTON |
| 1926 | Cie Marseillaise de Nav à Vapeur (Cie Fraissinet), Marseille |
| 1936 | Cie de Navigation Fraissinet, Marseille |
| 1937 | Soc Algérienne de Nav pour l'Afrique du Nord (Ch Schiaffino & Cie), Algiers |
| 1937 | Renamed NICOLE SCHIAFFINO |
| 1940 | Kriegsmarine, Germany |
| 04/1941 | Deutsches Reich - Adm der KMD (Leth & Co), Hamburg |
| 15/03/1942 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 05/08/1940: Seized by German forces at Bordeaux |
| 1940: Used as German transport number H5 | |
| 15/03/1942: Wrecked at Finnsnesrenna, Gisund, Troms |
Above photo as transport H5 is courtesy of Photoship