Monday, October 28, 2024

'SS Strathallan' leaving port art


Dated to circa 1939. This was one of about 2000 ships torpedoed by German U-Boats during WW2. 

Gross Registered Tonnage: 23,772 tons
Length x Width: 664 feet x 82 feet
Builder and Year of Build: Vickers-Armstrongs of Barrow, 1938
First Class + Tourist Accommodation: 448 + 563 persons : Total 1,011 passengers
Sister-Vessel: S.S. Stratheden
Ultimate Fate Torpedoed by U-562 on 21-12-1942, sunk 22-12-1942.

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