Bratton Castle (1920)

Later names
Proteus (1931)
Mount Taurus (1932)

Builder:
Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth
& Company Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1920
Launched:
December 8, 1919
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
May 1920
GRT:
6,696
Fate:
Sunk Nov. 17, 1942 by U-264 (ObLtzS Hartwig Looks)

Location: North Atlantic, 820 miles northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland.
(54.30N-37.30W)

2 crewmen lost, 38 survivors.
Notes
Laid down as War Duty.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 21, 2015