Name: | ARMANISTAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/10/1936 |
Completed: | 20/01/1937 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 507 |
Dimensions: | 6805grt, 4194nrt, 453.9 x 58.5 x 29.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 48 & 81 x 51ins) & LP Turbine, DR Geared, 914nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 165387 |
History: | |
19/01/1937 | Strick Line (1928) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
03/02/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/02/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U25, 110 miles W of Lisbon |
On a voyage from Antwerp to Busreh, with rails, sugar & general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is copyright of Eric Johnson
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox