Name: | WAR ROSE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/08/1917 |
Completed: | 10/1917 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1059 |
Dimensions: | 5205grt, 3106nrt, 400.2 x 52.2 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Reg Number: | 140376 |
History: | |
09/10/1917 | The Shipping Controller (Hall Brothers), London |
1919 | Lloyd Royal Belge Soc Anon, Antwerp; renamed GALLIER |
1930 | Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp |
1933 | Cie Baltique-Océan-Mediterranée, Le Havre; renamed BALTIQUE |
1934 | PN & GN Lykiardopulo, Argostoli; renamed KERAMIAI |
1937 | Cephalonian Maritime Co Ltd (ND Lykiardopulo), Argostoli |
30/01/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/01/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55, 120 miles west of Ushant |
On a voyage from London to Ciudad Trujillo in ballast |
Above photo as KERAMIAI copyright of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart