| Name: | CITY OF PITTSBURG |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/07/1921 |
| Completed: | 01/1922 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 919 |
| Dimensions: | 7377grt, 4719nrt, 465.7 x 58.6 x 31.8ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 759nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 145898 |
| History: | |
| 01/12/1921 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd, managers), Liverpool |
| 11/01/1942 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 11/01/1942: Wrecked at Great Pass near Alexandria |
| On a voyage from Montreal to Alexandria with a cargo of munitions & foodstuffs |
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Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo by Sub Lt WJ Beale of 826 Sqdn at Dehkeila, Egypt, dated January 1942, is copyright of Richard Beale