SS Sizergh Castle

SS Sizergh Castle was a British Cargo ship that sprang a leak and foundered in the North Atlantic, while she was travelling from Galveston, Texas, United States to Antwerp, Belgium with a cargo of wheat.

History
United Kingdom
Name:
  • Sirocco (1903-1913)
  • Sizergh Castle (1913-1919)
Namesake:
Owner:
  • Bedouin Steam Navigation Co. (1903-1913)
  • Lancashire Shipping Co. (1913-1919)
  • The Ship Four Winds Co. (1919)
  • Plisson Steam Navigation Co. (1919)
Builder: William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Yard number: 141
Launched: 11 August 1903
Completed: September 1903
Homeport:
Identification:
Fate: Sank, 7 October 1919
General characteristics
Type: cargo ship
Tonnage:
Length: 361 ft 0 in (110.03 m)
Beam: 46 ft 2 in (14.07 m)
Depth: 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Installed power: 349 Nhp
Propulsion: G. Clark 3-cylinder triple expansion

Construction

Sizergh Castle was constructed in 1903 at the William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. shipyard in Sunderland, United Kingdom. She was completed in 1903.

The ship was 110 metres (360 ft 11 in) long, with a beam of 14.1 metres (46 ft 3 in) and a depth of 5.4 metres (17 ft 9 in). The ship was assessed at 3,783 GRT. She had a Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at 349 nhp.[1]

Sinking

On 7 October 1919, Sizergh Castle was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of wheat when she sprang a leak and foundered in the North Atlantic (45°15′N 44°6′W). There were no casualties.[2]

References
  1. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132224
  2. "Sizergh Castle". Wrecksite. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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