SS Sizergh Castle

History
United Kingdom
Name	Sirocco (1903-1913) Sizergh Castle (1913-1919)
Namesake	Sirocco Sizergh Castle
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	Liverpool (1903-1919) Cardiff (1919)
Identification	UK Official Number 118047 Call sign VFQC
Fate	Sank, 7 October 1919
General characteristics
Type	cargo ship
Tonnage	3,747 GRT 2,349 NRT
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; -44.100Coordinates: 45°15′N 44°6′W / 45.250°N 44.100°W / 45.250; -44.100). There were no casualties.^[2]

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