Name: | VOLO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/02/1938 |
Completed: | 04/1938 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1582 |
Dimensions: | 1587grt, 768nrt, 283.9 x 40.2 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins) + LP turbine, 335nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 165701 |
History: | |
04/1938 | Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull |
28/12/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/12/1941: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U75, 45 miles |
north west of Mersa Matruh, Egypt in position 31.45N - 26.48E | |
On a voyage from Tobruk to Alexandria |