Name: | SERAK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/10/1906 |
Completed: | 12/1906 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 780 |
Dimensions: | 4680grt, 2997nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 478nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1906 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges 'Kosmos', Hamburg |
08/1914 | Government of United Kingdom |
1915 | F Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed LEYSIAN |
24/02/1917 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 08/1914: Seized by the UK Government at Swansea |
1915: Allocated to F Leyland & Co Ltd as Crown nominees | |
24/02/1917: Wrecked 7 miles south of Strumble Head Light House | |
On a voyage from Belfast to Cardiff in ballast |