Name: | ROUMELIAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/10/1914 |
Completed: | 11/1914 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 842 |
Dimensions: | 2687grt, 1710nrt, 312.0 x 43.0 x 23.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 34.5 & 59 x 42ins), 331nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137414 |
History: | |
20/11/1914 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Graham Smith), Liverpool |
1937 | Transmediterranea SA di Navigazione, Palermo; renamed DREPANUM |
1939 | Count Salvatore Tagliavia, Palermo |
1943 | Deutsches Reich (Dampfs Ges "Neptun"), Bremen |
20/11/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/09/1943: Seized by German forces at Bordeaux |
20/11/1943: Sank after a collision with LIPPE off Vinga LV near Gothenburg | |
On a voyage from Thamshavn (near Trondheim, Norway) to Germany |
Above photo as ROUMELIAN is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ROUMELIAN is courtesy of Photoship