SS Sizergh Castle

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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
Tonnage	3,747 GRT 2,349 NRT
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 sailing 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), assessed at 3,783 GRT. She had a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 349 nhp driving a single screw propeller.^[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 / 45.250°N 44.100°W / 45.250; -44.100). There were no casualties.^[1]

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