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
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 at the William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. shipyard in Sunderland, England. She was completed in 1903.^[1]

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 / 45.25°N 44.1°W / 45.25; -44.1). There were no casualties.^[1]

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