Name: | GAMBIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/08/1915 |
Completed: | 10/1915 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 194 |
Dimensions: | 3296grt, 1997nrt, 337.0 x 48.5 x 22.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 429nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137484 |
History: | |
18/10/1915 | British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1933 | “Adria” Soc Anon di Nav Marittima, Fiume; renamed LEOPARDI |
1937 | “Tirrenia” Soc Anon di Nav Marittima, Fiume & Genoa |
14/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/08/1940: Sank after being mined 6 miles east of Tolmetta at 32.39N – 21.03E |
Mine laid by submarine HMS RORQUAL on the same day |
Above photo as LEOPARDI is courtesy of Photoship