Also known as:

DONALD E. MCKAY; NEWBRUNDOC; ASHINGTON; ERLING; SALVATORE

Year of Build:

1920

Built at:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Vessel Type:

Package Freighter

Note: Bulk freighter?

Hull Materials:

Steel

Hull Number:

11

Builder Name:

Dominion Shipbuilding Co

Original Owner:

Canadian Government

Propulsion:

Screw

Length:

251'

Beam:

43.7'

Depth:

22.5'

Tonnage (gross):

2281

Final Location:

Mediterranean Sea

Date:

1 Jun 1944

How:

Bombed by British aircraft

Notes:

Sunk in Mediterranean Sea between Piraeus, Greece and Crete after being bombed by British aircraft on June 1, 1944

1920 Owned Canadian Government

1925 Owned Paterson Steamship Co Ltd; renamed DONALD E. MCKAY

1926 Renamed NEWBRUNDOC

1926 Renamed ASHINGTON

1927 Owned in Great Britain

1931 Owned in Finland; renamed ERLING

1933 Owned in Italy

1934 Renamed SALVATORE

1944 Bombed and sunk in Mediterranean Sea