Name: | SAINT DUNSTAN launched as WAR KEEP |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/04/1919 |
Completed: | 03/07/1919 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 272 |
Dimensions: | 5661grt, 3566nrt, 400.0 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 597nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140635 |
History: | |
26/06/1919 | Saint Line Ltd (Rankin, Gilmore & Co, managers), Liverpool |
20/11/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Type F, WW1 Standard Ship |
Launched as WAR KEEP for the Shipping Controller, Government of UK | |
24/08/1940: Torpedoed by U-Boat U57, disabled and 14 crew killed | |
Taken in tow but sank 3 days later north of Ireland | |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Hampton Roads in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of Alex Duncan