Name: | DAFILA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/01/1917 |
Completed: | 03/1917 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1022 |
Dimensions: | 1754grt, 870nrt, 285.0 x 40.0 x 19.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 318nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 135719 |
History: | |
03/1917 | Cork SS Co Ltd, Cork |
21/07/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U45 when 85 miles |
W by S of the Fastnet, in position 50.16N - 12.18W | |
On a voyage from Valencia & Gibraltar to Liverpool with iron ore & onions |