Gazcon (1932)

Builder:
Alexander Stephen & Sons
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1932
Launched:
June 2, 1932
Type:
Cargo
Completed:
July 1932
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 1, 1942 by Japanese submarine I-29 (torpedo).

Location: Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, 75 miles north northwest of Caluula, Somalia.
(13.10N - 50.30E)

Eleven crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.
(Roll of Honour)


Owner
Compagnie de Navigation D' Orbigny
Paris, France


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
394' 3" (PP)
Engines:
1 Triple expansion
Beam:
53' 1"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
23' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
4130 (a)
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
12 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
N/A
Passengers:
N/A
Masts:
N/A
Construction notes
(a):
4,224 at time of loss.


Notes
1940:
Taken up by the Ministry of War Transport, London, following the fall of France.


No photo available
Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 1, 2009