Simla
1917 General cargo
Buildingyard: James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Built year: 1917
Yard no: 656
Tonnage: GRT: 6031/ NET: 3810/ TDW: 9430
Dims: LOA: 405,3/ BR: 53,5/ DR: 33.5ft
Machinery: 3-cyl 3exp by J. Dickinson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
BHP/ IHP: 2500
Speed: 11,50 knots
Passengers: 4
Photo: Unknown
19.04.1916: Launched
01.06.1917: Completed. Named GLASTONBURY, Registreted in London. By arrangement consequent upon warrequisition placed under
management by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London. Reg owner: Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.
Price paid: NOK 1.403.998,39
01.06.1920: Returned to Wilh. Wilhelmsen and renamed SIMLA.
22.09.1940: Torpedoed and sunk west off Bloody Foreland, Ireland in pos 55.08N, 17.40W by German sub U-100. On passage from
Philadelphia to the River Tees with steel and scrap metal. (Convoy HX72). 5 crewmembers were lost