| Name: | WAR SWALLOW |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/04/1918 |
| Completed: | 06/1918 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 8 |
| Dimensions: | 5216grt, 3200nrt, 400.0 x 52.3 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142448 |
| History: | |
| 07/06/1918 | The Shipping Controller (Charlton, McAllum & Co), London |
| 16/07/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | A wartime "B-Type" standard ship |
| 16/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB50, 72 miles SWxS of Malta | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Port Said with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is of TREWYN a typical "B-Type" standard ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair