SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name Z7 CACHALOT
Type Admiralty Whaler
Yard Number 647
Launched 28/07/1915
Completed 09/1915
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 237
Length (feet) 125
Beam (feet) 25
First owner The Admiralty (Royal Navy)
   
History 1933 GLADIATOR, D. Tripcovich & Cia. S.A. di Nav. Rimorchi e Salvataggi, Trieste and converted to a salvage ship
  07/1940 to Royal Italian Navy (pennant F38)
   
Fate 21/05/1941 mined and sunk near Zlarin, Dalmatia while on passage from Sibenik to Brindisi

CACHALOT

CACHALOT as GLADIATOR, collection Nereo Castelli

 

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