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WOODCOCK (1906)

Service dates: 1920-1925

Official number: 123700

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

07.06.1906
Launched.
08.09.1906
Completed as Woodcock for General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
16.11.1926
Sold to Soc di Navy Vapore Puglia, Ban, and renamed Otranto.
20.03.1934
Foundered off North Luzon whilst on a voyage from Venice to Shanghai.


Ship technical details (PDF)