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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