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Name: ROI LEOPOLD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/12/1908
Completed: 01/1909
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 162
Dimensions: 2696grt, 1681nrt, 300.4 x 42.0 x 18.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 278rhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1909 Ocean SA Belge d'Armement et de Nav, Antwerp
1921 Soc de Nav Cotiere pour l'Afrique du Nord, Algiers; renamed JACQUES SCHIAFFINO
1927 Soc Algerienne de Nav pour l'Afrique du Nord, Algiers
1930 SA de Nav a Vapeur Daher, Marseilles; renamed TIBERIADE
21/09/1943 Sank
Comments: 21/09/1943: Sunk by Allied bombers at Bastia
She first capsized and later sank


Above photo as TIBERIADE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as TIBERIADE is courtesy of Dr Paul Bois