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PHILOTIS (1926)

Service dates: 1926-1940

Official number: 148737

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; MOSS HUTCHISON LINE LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

18.01.1926
Launched.
02.03.1926
Completed as Grebe for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
1937
Transferred to Moss Hutchison Line (also a P&O subsidiary company) and renamed Philotis.
03.09.1940
In a collision with the Lublin and sank 13km (8 miles) north-west of St Govens Light Vessel whilst on a voyage from Swansea to Lisbon.


Ship technical details (PDF)