Name: | WAR CLIMAX |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/08/1918 |
Completed: | 28/09/1918 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1089 |
Dimensions: | 6426grt, 3973nrt, 412.4 x 55.8 x 34.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142647 |
17/09/1918 | British Government - Shipping Controller, London |
1919 | Glen Line Ltd, London; renamed GLENSTRAE |
1920 | Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, Southampton; renamed BANBURY CASTLE |
1931 | G Vergottis, Argostoli, Greece; renamed ROKOS |
1935 | SG Razis, Argostoli |
1935 | Ionion Steamship Co Ltd, Argostoli |
26/05/1941 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 26/05/1941: Beached after being bombed by aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete |
Above photo as WAR CLIMAX in wartime dazzle paint job is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as BANBURY CASTLE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ROKOS photo is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection
Above photo as ROKOS is courtesy of Richard Cox