Name

ROCHDALE

Type

Cargo

Yard Number

687

Launched

03/06/1924

Completed

07/1924

Off. Number

148274

Engine builder

Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees

Engine type

T 3 cyl.

GRT

6098

Length (feet)

400

Beam (feet)

53

First owner

Charles Radcliffe Ltd. (C. Radcliffe & Co.), Cardiff

History

1927 PENNINGTON COURT, United British S.S. Co. Ltd. (Haldin & Co.), London

1930 managers Haldin, Philipps Ltd.

Fate

09/10/1942 torpedoed by U.254 in 58.18N 27.55W on passage St. John NB and Halifax for Belfast with grain and trucks.