Name: | FISCUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/03/1928 |
Completed: | 04/1928 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 401 |
Dimensions: | 4815grt, 2948nrt, 399.01 x 54.5 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 432nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148298 |
History: | |
04/1928 | Tempus Shipping Co Ltd (WH Seager & Co Ltd), Cardiff |
18/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/10/1940: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U99 in 57.29N – 11.10W |
on a voyage from Three Rivers to the Clyde with a cargo of steel |