Name: | WAR GLEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/03/1918 |
Completed: | 05/1918 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 209 |
Dimensions: | 2965grt, 1759nrt, 331.0 x 47.7 x 22.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 430nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142403 |
History: | |
02/05/1918 | The Shipping Controller (JJ & CM Forster), London |
1919 | Soc “Les Affreteurs Réunis” (Jean Stern), Rouen; renamed HERCULE |
1925 | Cia Naviera Amaya (C de Zabala), Bilbao; renamed SANTI |
1936 | Haraldo Diez, Vera Cruz; renamed VERA CRUZ |
1936 | Renamed AMERICA |
1937 | Cia Naviera Amaya (A Davaris), Panama; renamed COCLE |
1940 | Cia Naviera Amaya, Bilbao; renamed SANTI |
1950 | Naviera Bilbaina SA, Bilbao |
17/01/1951 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/01/1951: Sank after a collision with BRITISH DRAGOON, 30 miles SW of Lisbon |
On a voyage from Melilla to Gijon with a cargo of iron ore |