Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships

Ship:	SARTHE
Arrived:	26 July 1927
Departed:	5 September 1927
Career:	Torpedoed by submarine U68 8 October 1942 34.50S 18.40E on voyage Port Said to Rio de Janeiro with bauxite & pinewood. Dates from George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List.
Tonnage:	5,271 gross
Built:	1920
Type:	Cargo ship
Owner:	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Official No:	144389
ID	1144389