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GORALA (1919)

Service dates: 1919-1924

Official number: 141921

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

26.08.1919
Launched as War Terrier.
n.d.
Acquired by British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
20.09.1919
Completed as Gorala for British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
07.1924
Sold for £46,500 to the King Line and renamed King Edward (Dodd, Thomson & Co Ltd, managers).
02.1940
Requisitioned by the government.
27.12.1942
Torpedoed by U356 in the North Atlantic (47°25’N-25°20’W) while in convoy ONS 154. 23 lives lost.


Ship technical details (PDF)