Name: | KANDAHAR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/08/1913 |
Completed: | 09/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 917 |
Dimensions: | 6415grt, 4153nrt, 434.6 x 55.6 x 31.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 76 x 51ins), 568nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133318 |
History: | |
06/09/1913 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, North Shields |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, North Shields |
1926 | Renamed CITY OF PERTH |
26/03/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/03/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U431, 60 miles WxN of Oran |
On a voyage from Bone to the Mersey in ballast | |
Some records state that the U-Boat was in fact U77 |
Above photo as CITY OF PERTH is courtesy of Photoship