Name: | WAR BEACH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1918 |
Completed: | 08/1918 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 213 |
Dimensions: | 3112grt, 1828nrt, 331.4 x 46.8 x 23.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 431nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142621 |
History: | |
08/1918 | The Shipping Controller (Gibbs & Co, managers), London |
1919 | Reindeer Steamship Co Ltd (Jackson Bros & Cory, managers), London; renamed REINDEER |
1924 | Sun Shipping Co Ltd (Mitchell Cotts & Co, managers), London; renamed SUNWOOD |
1927 | Utsonomiya Kaisoten KK, Takasago; renamed SATSMUMA MARU |
1938 | Name shown as SATUMA MARU |
11/02/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/08/1918: Requisitioned for service as a Collier |
Also served as a transort carrying wheat and materiel for the RAF | |
11/02/1944: Sank in a Chinese air attack off Wenchow, 28.01N – 121.30E |