Dalworth
Ship Number
469D
Vessel Type
'A' type cargo ship
Built
Archibald McMillan & Son
Yard
Dumbarton
Launch Date
18/02/1920
Delivered
01/05/1920
Owner
Shipping Controller (Dalgleish & Co.)
Weight
4538 grt
BP Length
400.4 feet
Breadth
52.3 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
T3cyl (27,44 & 75 - 48)in, 517nhp 180lb. By J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock
Official No.
142868
Registered
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Fate
Torpedoed
Dalworth

The vessel was under construction at Archibald McMillan & Son of Dumbarton when the yard was taken over by Harland & Wolff in 1917, Archibald McMillan & Son ship number was retained.
 
Ordered by the Shipping Controller.and laid down as War Stock
1935 The Side Shipping Co Ltd - mng Connell & Grace Ltd, Newcastle, renamed Simonside
1937 Pateras Brothers, Piraeus - registered Piraeus and renamed Aegeus
 
Torpedoed 2nd November 1942  by U.177 in 32.30S 16.00E, c80 miles NW of Cape Columbine. There were no survivors when cargo exploded.