| Name: | AUTOLYCUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/09/1922 |
| Completed: | 12/1922 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 505 |
| Dimensions: | 7718grt, 4859nrt, 459.7 x 58.3 x 32.6ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 1148nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147176 |
| History: | |
| 12/12/1922 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co, managers), Liverpool |
| 06/04/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/04/1942: Part of a convoy of 7 ships that left Calcutta for the UK |
| 50 miles E of Port Puri they met two Japanese heavy cruisers KUMANO & SUZUYA | |
| AUTOLYCUS was one of 4 ships sunk by gunfire, with the loss of 17 crew |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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The Scotsman, Wednesday, 27/12/1922