SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name KILLOWEN
Type Gunboat
Yard Number 740
Launched 06/09/1918
Completed 10/1918
Off. Number 144905
Engine builder North Eastern Engineering, Newcastle
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 628
Length (feet) 172.2
Beam (feet) 30
First owner Royal Navy
History 1920 CURLER, Brown Shipping Co. (Robinson, Brown & Co.), Newcastle and converted to cargo vessel.
  1933 B. J. Sutherland & Co., Newcastle
  1934 SALAM, Abdel Salam el Chaffei, Alexandria
  1937 Soc. Misr de Navigation Maritime, Alexandria
  1940 CYPRUS, Cyprian Coastal Lines (P. A. Mantovani), Famagusta
  1942 CYPRUS B, same owners
   
Fate 29/03/1944 wrecked in Episcopi Bay, Cyprus when outward from Paphos with barley and wheat.

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