| Name: | GAIRSOPPA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/08/1919 |
| Completed: | 10/1919 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 894 |
| Dimensions: | 5237grt, 3227nrt, 399.3 x 52.2 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 141924 |
| History: | |
| 18/10/1919 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 16/02/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down as WAR ROEBUCK, a Type B standard ship, for the Shipping Controller |
| 16/02/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U101, 300 miles SW of Galway Bay | |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to London with a cargo of silver ingots, pig iron & tea | |
| The silver was worth £150m at 2011 prices, but wreck is at a depth of 15,400ft | |
| 2012: Wreck located and 48 tons of silver recovered with 192 tons remaining |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 15/08/1919