Photo. City of Vancouver Archives CVA 447 - 2069
Built 1929
Tonnage: 5,643 / 9,450 tons
Cargo Explosives and stores
Route: Birkenhead - Table Bay - Middle East
Blew up and sunk 28 MAR 42 E of Ascension Is, following fire believed caused by delayed action incendiary in cargo on pos. 08º 26"S 08º 48"W
4 Dead
119 Survivors. Some sources state that crew and twenty passengers boarded the lifeboats