MN · AK

Limerick

Sunk

Refrigerated cargo ship, 8,724 gross tons, of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, registered in London. William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow. Launched 12 March 1925. This is the motor ship, not the steamer of the same name lost in the First World War. On 26 April 1943, bound from Sydney to Brisbane in convoy GP 48, one torpedo from I-177 sank her southeast of Cape Byron. Two of her men were lost. Colac picked up the rest.

Type	Cargo ship (AK)
Builder	William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow
Launched	1925-03-12
Fate	Sunk. Refrigerated cargo ship of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, registered in London, official number 148634. This is the motor ship of 1925, not the steamer of the same name lost in the First World War. On 26 April 1943, in convoy GP 48, one torpedo from I-177 hit her about twenty miles southeast of Cape Byron, near 28°54′S, 153°54′E. She sank about 6 a.m. Two men were lost. HMAS Colac picked up the rest.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Limerick, the motor cargo ship of 1925. The plate is lettered with her name. Photograph by Louis Claes, Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.