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STARLING (1920)

Service dates: 1920-1930

Official number: 144615

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

20.02.1920
Launched.
25.06.1920
Completed as Starling for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
01.09.1930
Sold to United Baltic Corporation Ltd and renamed Baltallin.
20.09.1941
Torpedoed and sunk by U124 while in convoy 0G74 in position 49°07’N-22°07’W.


Ship technical details (PDF)