Name: | RALLUS |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/12/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1915 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 954 |
Dimensions: | 1752grt, 942nrt, 285.0 x 38.2 x 19.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 284nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135717 |
History: | |
03/1915 | Cork Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cork |
27/09/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for a limited number of passengers |
Intended for the peacetime route of Manchester, Liverpool and Dutch & Belgian ports | |
27/09/1916: Sunk by gunfire from U-Boat U35, 45 miles NE of Dragonera Island, Mallorca | |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Palermo carrying general cargo & coal |