Name: | BARALONG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/09/1901 |
Completed: | 1901 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 711 |
Dimensions: | 4189grt, 2661nrt, 360.0 x 47.0 x 28.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 535nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114788 |
History: | |
1901 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Bros), London |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London |
08/1914 | The Admiralty |
03/1915 | British Royal Navy |
10/1915 | Renamed HMS WYANDRA |
10/1916 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed MANICA |
1922 | Kyokuto Koshi Goshi Kaisha, Dairen; renamed KYOKUTO MARU |
1925 | Hara Shoji KK, Dairen; renamed SHINSEI MARU No1 |
1926 | Shinsei Kisen Goshi Kaisha, Dairen |
1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a squadron supply ship |
04/1915: Converted into a Special Service Vessel or "Q Ship" at Barry Docks | |
Armed with 3 x 1 x 12pdr guns in concealed mountings | |
19/08/1915: Sank U-Boat U27 in disputed circumstances, an alledged War Crime | |
24/09/1915: Sank U-Boat U41 in the Western Approaches | |
1933: Broken up in Japan |
Above photo as BARALONG courtesy of Photoship