Lochgoil
Ship Number
516
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
August 24, 1922
Delivered
December 14, 1922
Owner
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Weight
9462 grt
BP Length
485 feet
Breadth
62 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
12.5 knots
Propulsion
H&W- B&W 4SCSA 5000 bhp 16 cylinder dim 9 1/8 – 45 1/4
Official No.
146679
Registered
London
Fate
Torpedoed
Lochgoil

[World ship Photo Library]
4.8.1932: Fleet passed into ownership of Royal Mail Lines Ltd.
 
6.10. 1939: Damaged by mine in position 51.24N, 04.OOW, 4% miles SW of Scarweather lightvessel in the Bristol Channel. Ship was towed across the channel and 7.10,1939 beached off the Mumbles lighthouse and subsequently towed into Swansea and declared a total constructive loss.
 
Sold to the Ministry of Shipping (Royal Mail Lines Ltd., managers) and rebuilt.
 
1942: Renamed Empire Rowan.
 
27th March 1943: Torpedoed and sunk by aircraft off Philippeville in position 37.16N, 06.54W, with the loss of 3lives.
 
[The Pirre-Kylsant Motorships 1915-1932. Alan S Mallett and Andrew M. B. Bell]