| Name: | WAR ANEMONE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/10/1917 |
| Completed: | 01/1918 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 247 |
| Dimensions: | 5222grt, 3237nrt, 400.2 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142279 |
| History: | |
| 01/01/1918 | Shipping Controller (Philipps, Phillips & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1919 | Soc Commerciale Italiana di Nav, Genoa |
| 1919 | Nav Generale Italiana, Genoa; renamed STROMBOLI |
| 1927 | Barr Shipping Co Ltd (Barr, Crombie & Co Ltd, managers), Glasgow |
| 1927 | Renamed BARRGROVE |
| 1941 | Reardon Smith Line Ltd (Sir W Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, managers), Glasgow |
| 1944 | Leeds Shipping Co Ltd (Sir W Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, managers), Glasgow |
| 1947 | Cia de Nav Glaucos SA, Panama; renamed GAROUFALIA |
| 14/06/1951 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 14/06/1951: Wrecked N of Cape Yatou at Siaukungtau, China |
| On a voyage from Japan to Tsingtao in ballast |
Above photo as BARRGROVE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BARRGROVE is copyright of the Hansen Collectiom. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above details courtesy of James Smith