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