| Name: | KARONGA | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 26/04/1907 | 
| Completed: | 06/1907 | 
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 794 | 
| Dimensions: | 4665grt, 2932nrt, 400.0 x 52.1 x 27.0ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 477nhp | 
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 123850 | 
| History: | |
| 1907 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, North Shields | 
| 1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd, North Shields | 
| 26/04/1917 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 26/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U63 in the Straits of Messina, | 
| 2 miles SSE of Cape Schio on a voyage from Newport to Bombay. | 

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley