SS Fiscus

History
United Kingdom
NameFiscus
OwnerTempus Shipping Co, Ltd[3]
OperatorW.H. Seager & Co Ltd
Port of registryCardiff
BuilderNorthumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd,[3] Howdon, Tyneside[6]
Yard number401[4]
Launched6 Mar 1928
CompletedApr 1928[3]
Out of service18 October 1940
Identification
FateTorpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-99 East of Rockall, 18 October 1940[5]
General characteristics
Class and typecargo steamship
Tonnage
Length399.0 feet (121.6 m)[3] p/p
Beam54.5 feet (16.6 m)[3]
Draught24 feet 9+3⁄4 inches (7.56 m)[3]
Depth25.2 feet (7.7 m)[3]
Installed power432 NHP[3]
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)[4]
Crew38 + 1 DEMS gunner
Sensors and
processing systems		wireless direction finding (by 1940)[3]

SS Fiscus was a UK cargo steamship that was built in 1928, served in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1940.

  1. ^ Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1933. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b Allen, Tony (26 May 2013). "SS Fiscus [+1940]". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2013). "Fiscus". Ships hit by U-boats. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ^ "SS Fiscus (1928)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2017.