| Name: | DEUCALION |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/07/1930 |
| Completed: | 12/1930 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 568 |
| Dimensions: | 7740grt, 4790nrt, 460.0 x 59.4 x 29.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, 8cyl (740 x 1500mm), 1307nhp |
| Engines by: | Akt Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162329 |
| History: | |
| 04/12/1930 | Ocean Steam Ship Co (Alfred Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 12/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 21/12/1940: Bombed & damaged in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool |
| She was part of Operation Pedestal to provide supplies to the island of Malta | |
| Bombed and severely damaged on two different occasions | |
| 12/08/1942: Scuttled by HMS BRAMHAM |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of the Fielden Collection
Above photo, dated 15/09/1941, is courtesy of the Clyde Shiplovers' Society's Collection
Above photo, showing DEUCALION dead in the water & maybe BRAMHAM nearby, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum