Name: | HUSSAR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/05/1903 |
Completed: | 06/1903 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 144 |
Dimensions: | 1255grt, 798nrt, 220.0 x 33.0 x 14.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 149nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113122 |
History: | |
16/06/1903 | Fisher, Renwick & Co’s Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester |
1915 | French Government, Marseille; renamed GÉNÉRAL LEMAN |
1923 | Sarner & Cie, Marseille |
1925 | Louis Sicard, Marseille |
1926 | Louis Sicard, Casablanca; renamed KILBANE |
1934 | Cie de Navigation Sicard, Marseille |
1937 | Cie Nouvelle de Navigation Sicard, Marseille |
1938 | JE Vardavas & Co, Panama; renamed FROSSOULA |
1940 | Phoenix Steam Ship Co Ltd (Michael M Xylas), Panama |
15/07/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 15/07/1940: Sank during a German air attack, 240 miles NNW of Cape Finisterre |
On a voyage from Barcelona to Glasgow with a cargo of potash |