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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
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 .
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 / 45.250°N 44.100°W / 45.250; -44.100 ). There were no casualties.[ 2]
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
21 Jan: UC-40
30 Jan: Nimrod
7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb: U-16
10 Feb: UC-91
18 Feb: Mirabeau
20 Feb: UC-71
22 Feb: U-21
7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
6 Apr: SMS Vulkan
15 Apr: U-118
17 Apr: USS Freehold
26 April: Narval , Kit , Kashalot
27 Apr: USS Courtney , USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen , USS James
April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
4 May: HMS Cupar
5 May: SMS Leipzig
2 Jun: Rucumilla
9 Jun: HMS L55
16 Jun: HMS Kinross
18 Jun: Oleg
21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow – SMS Bayern , SMS Bremse , SMS Brummer , SMS Cöln , SMS Dresden , SMS Derfflinger , SMS Emden , SMS Friedrich der Grosse , SMS G38 , SMS G39 , SMS G40 , SMS Hindenburg , SMS Grosser Kurfürst , SMS Kaiser , SMS Kaiserin , SMS Karlsruhe , SMS König , SMS König Albert , SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm , SMS Markgraf , SMS Moltke , SMS Prinzregent Luitpold , SMS S32 , SMS S36 , SMS S50 , SMS Seydlitz , SMS V45 , SMS V46 , SMS Von der Tann , SMS G102
28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date): Erinpura
27 Jul: USS May
30 Jul: USS G-2
13 Aug: Basilicata
18 Aug: Dvina
1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
4 Sep: HMS Verulam
8 Sep: Valbanera
9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian , USS SP-471
10 Sep: USS Coco , USS Katherine K. , USS Patrol No. 1 , USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep: USS Helena I
16 Sep: HMS M25 , HMS M27 , West Arvada
29 Sep: ML-18 , ML-62 , ML-191 , Ossifrage
30 Sep: August Helmerich
3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
9 Oct: Daram
17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct: HMS H41
21 Oct Gavriil
31 Oct: Fazilka
13 Nov: Council Bluffs
22 Nov: Myron
24 Nov: Poltava
12 Dec: USS Kerwood
18 Dec: Cufic
Unknown date: UB-14
Other incidents