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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WAR ANCHUSA |
142767 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1919 |
07/12/1918 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
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355 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
5242 grt / 6161 nrt / |
400.0 ft |
52.3 ft |
28.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp, 3000ihp, 11.5 knots, 1 screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Shipping Controller - J. Temperley & Co., London |
London |
15/01/1919 |
Other names |
02/10/1919 BEMBRIDGE - 17/10/1924 QUEEN OLGA – 13/03/1937 SEVERN LEIGH |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
30/09/1919 Temperley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. (J. Temperley and Co. managers), London. 09/09/1924 Cadogan Steamship Co. Ltd. (Thomas Dunlop and Sons, managers), Glasgow. 15/10/1924 Re-registered at Glasgow (66/1924). 11/12/1936 Talisman Shipping Co. Ltd. (Monroe Brothers, managers), Liverpool. 11/03/1937 Re-registered at Bristol (1/1937). 11/03/1937 Severn Steamship Co. Ltd. (Mark Whitwill (Shipping) Ltd., managers), Bristol. 11/01/1938 Kelston Steamship Co. Ltd. (Mark Whitwill (Shipping) Ltd. managers), Bristol. |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1940 |
Torpedoed 28/03/1940 |
Disposal Detail |
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U 37 south of Iceland in position 54.31 north by 25.41 west whilst on a voyage from Hull to St. John, New Brunswick in ballast. There were 10 survivors; 32 crew and one gunner were lost.
28/09/1940 Register closed. |
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Queen Olga
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