| Name: | DESABLA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 16/09/1913 |
| Completed: | 11/1913 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 461 |
| Dimensions: | 6047grt, 3788nrt, 420.3 x 54.6x 32.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 536nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 133159 |
| History: | |
| 05/11/1913 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co), Glasgow |
| 12/06/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/06/1915: Shelled, torpedoed & scuttled by U-Boat U17, 20 miles SSE of Aberdeen |
| On a voyage from Port Arthur to Hull with a cargo of linseed oil | |
| Launch date from TIC records, some sources state it was on the 18th |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 28/11/1913