FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | WAR VIGOUR |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 10 |
| Launched | 28/06/1919 |
| Completed | 12/1919 |
| Off. Number | 144428 |
| Engine builder | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Ltd., Wallsend |
| Engine type | 2 x steam turbine |
| GRT | 6548 |
| Length (feet) | 412.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 55.65 |
| First owner | The Shipping Controller (J. Chambers & Co. Ltd.), London |
| History | 03/1920 ANDALUSIER, Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd. |
| 1923 Lloyd Royal Belge S.A., Antwerp | |
| 1925 WOLHANDEL, Armement Gylsen S.A., Antwerp | |
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1928 BOS-SOLEIL, Armement J. Ledder-Chaix, Le Havre |
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| 1937 AFRICAN MARINER, African & Continental S.S. & Trading Co. Ltd., London | |
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12.05.1938 damaged by air attack during Spanish Civil War; 10.1938 bombed when at Barcelona, Spain; 23.01.1939 again bombed and sunk; abandoned by owners; 15.04.1939 salvaged by Spanish Government |
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| 1940 CASTILLO MONTJUICH, Spanish Government | |
| 1942 Empresa Nacional 'Elcano', Cadiz | |
| 1951 rebuilt at Ferrol, 7072gt | |
| Fate | 12/1963 missing, presumed lost (last heard from 14.12.1963 when about 400 miles west of the Azores on passage Boston for Bilbao with grain) |
WAR VIGOUR as CASTILLO MONTJUICH (rebuilt)
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