Name: | DACRE CASTLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/12/1918 |
Completed: | 03/1919 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1075 |
Dimensions: | 5278grt, 3277nrt, 400.1 x 52.4 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 140609 |
History: | |
18/03/1919 | Lancashire Shipping Co Ltd (J Chambers & Co), Liverpool |
1937 | Brynmor Steamship Co Ltd (Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd), Swansea |
1937 | Renamed CEFYN-Y-BRYN |
1938 | Jugoslavenska Plovidba dd, Susak; renamed KOBAC |
1938 | Prekomorska Plodidba dd, Susak; renamed LIKA |
1939 | Crest Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed MILCREST |
07/10/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR LYNX for The Shipping Controller, London |
A standard "B Type" cargo ship | |
07/10/1942: Sank after a collision with EMPIRE LIGHTNING, 80 miles SE of Dartmouth, Nfl | |
On a voyage from Hull to Hampton Roads in ballast |