Name: | JABIRU |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/10/1911 |
Completed: | 11/1911 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 866 |
Dimensions: | 1703grt, 873nrt, 285.0 x 36.1 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 254nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128306 |
History: | |
06/11/1911 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
1922 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1933 | Scopinich & Monta, Genoa; renamed SABAUDIA |
1935 | Capt Luigi Monta, Genoa |
1936 | Dani & C, Genoa |
16/04/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a stores carrier |
05/1916: Returned to owners | |
16/04/1941: Sank after being shelled by HM destroyers JERVIS, | |
MOHAWK, NUBIAN and JANUS off Kerkennah Island, Tunisia | |
On a voyage from Naples to Tripoli with a cargo of munitions |
Above photo as JABIRU is courtesy of Richard Cox