| Name: | WAR DOWN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/09/1918 |
| Completed: | 12/1918 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 212 |
| Dimensions: | 3099grt, 1853nrt, 331.3 x 46.9 x 23.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 429nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142747 |
| History: | |
| 19/12/1918 | The Shipping Controller (WDC Balls & Son), London |
| 1919 | Graig Shipping Co Ltd (Idwal Williams & Co), Cardiff; renamed GRAIG |
| 1922 | Vuida de F Astorqui, Bilbao; renamed MARIA VICTORIA |
| 08/11/1929 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | A standard ‘C’ type cargo ship for the UK Government |
| 08/11/1929: Wrecked on Baldayo Beach, 15 miles W of La Coruna | |
| On a voyage from London to Spezia carrying general cargo |
Above photo as WAR DOWN is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as MARIA VICTORIA is courtesy of Chris Kleiss