FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | LONDON MERCHANT (launched as CANADIANA) |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 19 |
| Launched | 15/11/1921 |
| Completed | 05/1923 |
| Off. Number | 147482 |
| Engine builder | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| Engine type | 2 steam turbines |
| GRT | 7899 |
| Length (feet) | 450.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 58.1 |
| First owner | Neptune Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.), London |
| History | 1935 Johnston Warren Lines Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.) |
| 1935 POLITICIAN, Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. (T.& J. Harrison), Liverpool | |
| Fate |
05/02/1941aground and wrecked on Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides on passage
Liverpool for New Orleans (an event later to become the subject of the film Whisky Galore) |
LONDON MERCHANT as POLITICIAN
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