Name: | WAR CAPITOL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/12/1918 |
Completed: | 01/1919 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 252 |
Dimensions: | 5685grt, 3563nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 54ins) 619nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142746 |
History: | |
18/12/1918 | Shipping Controller, Government of UK, London |
1919 | Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co, managers), Glasgow; renamed ELVERIC |
1933 | Kassos Steam Navigation Co (Pnevmaticos et al), Syra; renamed KASSOS |
1939 | L Fatsis,Syra, Greece; renamed MICHALIS |
20/11/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Built as a Type F1, WW1 Standard Ship |
20/11/1941: Wrecked 6 nmiles above Quebec, Canada | |
On a voyage from Montreal to the UK with a cargo of grain |
Above photo as ELVERIC is courtesy of Brent Chambers
Above photo, showing MICHALIS on the day after the grounding, is copyright of the City of Levis