Name: | LEUCADIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/06/1910 |
Completed: | 07/1910 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 175 |
Dimensions: | 3748grt, 2376nrt, 348.5 x 50.0 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 307nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124565 |
History: | |
06/07/1910 | International Line Steamship Co Ltd (Christopher Marwood), Whitby |
1915 | Manager became George Marwood |
1917 | Isles Steam Shipping Co Ltd (AM Sutherland), Newcastle |
1919 | Renamed STROMA |
1923 | Sutherland Steamship Co Ltd (BJ Sutherland & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1929 | GA Georgilis, Chios; renamed PAPALEMOS |
28/05/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/05/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U107, 210 miles W of Freetown |
On a voyage from Rosario & Montevideo to the UK with a cargo of grain |
Above photo as PAPALEMOS copyright Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
Jarrow Express, Friday, 10/06/1910