| Name: | SAINT ANDREW launched as WAR TURRET |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/07/1919 |
| Completed: | 09/1919 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 274 |
| Dimensions: | 5614grt, 3534nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | North Eastern Marine, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 140652 |
| History: | |
| 11/09/1919 | Saint Line Ltd (Rankin, Gilmore & Co, managers), Liverpool |
| 1936 | Renamed SAINT ANSELM |
| 30/06/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | She was a Type F1, WW1 Standard Ship design |
| Ordered by and launched for the Shipping Controller, Government of UK | |
| 30/06/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U66, 540 miles WxS of Madeira | |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to Hull, with pig iron, linseed & groundnuts | |
| 34 of the crew were kiled |
Above photo as SAINT ANDREW is copyright of Alex Duncan
Above photo as SAINT ANSELM is copyright of Leslie W Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return