RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | SICILY |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 637 |
| Launched | 31/12/1913 |
| Completed | 02/1914 |
| Off. Number | 135549 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 3457 |
| Length (feet) | 380.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 48 |
| First owner | D. Maciver, Sons & Co. Ltd., Liverpool |
| History | 1932 Royal Mail Lines Ltd., Liverpool |
| 1933 PAGASITIKOS, M. A. Embiricos, Andros | |
| 1937 FRANÇOIS, Soc. Commerciale d'Affrètements et de Commission | |
| 21/12/1937 captured by Spanish Nationalist auxiliary cruiser MALLORCA in the Straits of Gibraltar and condemned by a prize court | |
| 1938 VIGO, Spanish Nationalist Government, as a transport | |
| 1939 CASTILLO ANDRADE, Spanish Givernment (Cia. Trasmediterranea), Cadiz | |
| 1942 Empresa Nacional 'Elcano', Cadiz | |
| 1948 renamed ANTARTICO | |
| 1951 converted to motor vessel and to 5507grt | |
| Fate | 06/10/1959 total loss after grounding while entering Santander with manganese ore from Lobito. |
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