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Launched 1915: ss ROTA
ss ROTA
built by Dunlop Bremner & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 285

Launched: Wednesday, 10/02/1915
Built: 1915
Ship Type: Cargo
Tonnage: 2171 grt
Length: 310.5 feet
Breadth: 44.7 feet
Owner History:
A/S Det Dansk-Russiske D/S, Copenhagen
1917 Furness, Withy as Crown nominee (govt. requisition)
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 22/07/1917

Remarks: Torpedoed by UB40 when 7 miles south of Berry Head on passage Benisaf for Middlesbrough with iron ore
Previous update by Stuart Cameron

Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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