| Name: | WAR DAFFODIL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/09/1917 |
| Completed: | 12/1917 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1038 |
| Dimensions: | 5199grt, 3130nrt, 400.2 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 518nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 140421 |
| History: | |
| 28/11/1917 | The Shipping Controller (G Pyman & Co), London |
| 1919 | Lloyd Royal Belge Soc Anon, Antwerp; renamed KELTIER |
| 1926 | Cie Africaine de Nav SA, Antwerp; renamed KATANGA |
| 1930 | Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp |
| 1949 | E Szabados, Venice; renamed PAOLO II |
| 1955 | Angelo Ravano, Genoa; renamed VARENNA |
| 1957 | Raffaele Romano, Naples |
| 07/09/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | An ‘A’ Type Standard Ship built for the UK Government |
| 25/10/1940: Damaged by a mine & was beached to prevent sinking | |
| 28/10/1940: Re-floated and towed to Liverpool for repairs | |
| 07/09/1958: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up |
Above photo as KATANGA is copyright of A Duncan