FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name SANTA BARBARA
Type Passenger - Cargo
Yard Number 105
Launched 08/12/1927
Completed 08/1928
Off. Number  
Engine builder Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur
Engine type 2 x 8 cyl 2SCSA
GRT 8156
Length (feet) 466
Beam (feet) 64
First owner Grace Steamship Co. Inc. (W. R. Grace & Co.), New York
History 1938 Grace Line Ltd., New York
06/1940 McCAWLEY AP-10, U.S. Navy transport (AP-4 from 02/1943)
   
Fate 30/06/1943 torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Rendova Island near New Georgia, abandoned and later torpedoed by a U.S. Navy PT boat.

Collection of Harold Appleyard

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