Name: | LESBIAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/07/1923 |
Completed: | 09/1923 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1211 |
Dimensions: | 2352grt, 1460nrt, 272.1 x 41.7 x 19.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 31.5 & 54 x 36ins), 274nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147232 |
History: | |
09/1923 | Ellerman Lines Ltd, Liverpool |
14/07/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/06/1940: Detained at Beirut |
14/07/1941: Sunk in Beirut Roads by British air attack |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley