Robert L Greenshields (Knight Steamship Co) - mng Greenshields Cowie & Co, Liverpool.
Liverpool
17/11/1905
Other names
1925 ORWELL
Subsequent owner and registration history
18/06/1917 Ocean Steamship Company Ltd - mng Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool 1925 A/S Tonsberg Hvalfangeri - mng H Borge, Tonsberg
Vessel history
1914 until 22/01/1915 New Zealand Expeditionary Force transport. 23/01/1915 until 24/07/1916 Expeditionary Force transport. 29/05/1917 until 05/02/1919 Commissioned Escort ship 07/04/1918 Damaged with a torpedo by the German submarine U 53 in a position 170 miles S.W. from Eddystone Lighthouse and was towed into Plymouth. 1920 7203grt 4616nrt 1925 converted into a refinery for whale oil
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1954
Broken Up 26/11/1954
Disposal Detail
26/11/1954 Delivered for breaking at Hamburg.
Knight Templar
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