Name: | GANELON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/01/1907 |
Completed: | 07/1907 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 779 |
Dimensions: | 5586grt, 3572nrt, 425.5 x 53.1 x 29.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28.5, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 556nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1919: 143224) |
History: | |
07/1907 | Roland Linie AG, Bremen |
1919 | The Shipping Controller (RS Dalgliesh), London |
1921 | City of Oran Steamship Co Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
1921 | Renamed CITY OF BATAVIA |
1923 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1938 | SA Industria Armamento (Pietro Ravano fu Marco), Genoa |
1938 | Renamed VOLUNTAS |
1941 | Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO TEUCO |
1946 | SA Industria Armamento, Genoa; renamed VOLUNTAS |
1949 | Trasmarna Soc per Azioni, Genoa; renamed VOLUNTA |
12/04/1955 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/1914: Seized at Antwerp and detained until close of World War I |
05/1940: Detained at Necochea | |
12/04/1955: Stranded, broke in two & sank, south of Ouessant | |
On a voyage from Bone to Ghent with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as CITY OF BATAVIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CITY OF BATAVIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VOLUNTAS is courtesy of Richard Cox