Name: | WAR PENGUIN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/07/1918 |
Completed: | 09/1918 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 210 |
Dimensions: | 5242grt, 3217nrt, 400.1 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 369nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142665 |
History: | |
03/10/1918 | The Shipping Controller (Turner, Brightman & Co), London |
1919 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co Ltd (Lamport & Holt Ltd), Liverpool |
1919 | Renamed BERNINI |
1933 | Atlanticos SS Co Ltd, Panama; renamed MOUNT DIRFYS |
1935 | Managers became Kulukundis Brothers, Piraeus (Greek flag) |
26/12/1936 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 26/12/1936: Wrecked on Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina |
On a voyage from Travancore to Wilmington NC with a cargo of chrome ore |