Name: | GARMULA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/04/1920 |
Completed: | 01/06/1920 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 898 |
Dimensions: | 5254grt, 3234nrt, 400.0 x 52.3 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144203 |
History: | |
28/05/1920 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
23/07/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR REYNARD for the UK Shipping Controller |
23/07/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U752, 230 miles SW of Freetown | |
On a voyage from Melbourne via Cape Town to UK ports with a cargo of grain |