| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Glen Line Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
09/09/1918 |
| Other names |
| 28/10/1921 ABA - 08/09/1947 MATRONA |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
05/08/1920 British & African Steam Navigation Co. (Elder, Dempster), Liverpool
12/10/1920 Registered at Liverpool
23/05/1933 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool
09/1939 Admiralty requisition (as hospital ship)
07/01/1947 returned to owners
28/04/1947 Bawtry S.S. Co (George J.Livanos), London
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| Vessel history |
laid down for the Imperial Russian Government.
05/08/1920 Sold to British and African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (Elder, Dempster and Co. Ltd., managers), Liverpool for rebuilding as passenger liner.
11/1921 Entered service. 7,937g 4,596n; 225 first class, and 140 second and third class passengers.
08/1922 Towed disabled Portuguese destroyer GUADIANA to Las Palmas.
05/12/1929 Steering gear disabled in storm off Ireland. Towed into Queenstown by salvage tug ZWARTE ZEE.
04/06/1931 Grounded off Customs Wharf, Lagos, but later refloated.
17/05/1941 Bombed and damaged by German aircraft 50 miles south of Crete.
15/03/1944 Bombed and damaged by German aircraft at Naples, with the loss of three lives.
31/10/1947 capsized in Bidston Dock when her ballast was removed while being converted to the emigrant carrier MATRONA
08/06/1948 Righted but declared beyond repair and sold for scrap. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1948 |
Broken Up 04/10/1948 |
| Disposal Detail |
04/10/1948: Arrived at Barrow-in-Furness for demolition by T.W. Ward Ltd., Sheffield
24/01/1952 Register closed.
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