S. E. CALVERT
Photos from collection of Clive Ketley
and below from Dennis Farrar
1906, 4691grt, turret steamer
Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland (355)
Built as the turret steamer DRUMCONDRA for Astral Shipping Co. (Jos. Chadwick & Son), Liverpool
Sold in 1913 as LUBECK L, Possehl & Co., Lubeck and in 1915 to Nordisches Erzkontor, Stettin
Surrendered to the Shipping Controller in 1919, managed by Turner, Brightman & Co.
Bought by Calvert in 1921 and renamed S. E. CALVERT
Sold in 1924 as AQUITANIA, Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa
Sold in 1927 as MAR GLAUCO, M. Maresca, Genoa
also from collection of Dennis Farrar
Laid up Philadelphia 6/1940, detained from 3/1941 and requisitioned by US Government 12/9/1941
Renamed MOKATAM in 1941, U.S.Maritime Commission, Panama flag and on bare-boat charter to the U.S.Army from 4/1943
Used for storage at Morotai, damaged by Japanese air attack on/about 27/2/1944
Temporary repairs at Sydney then laid up at Newcastle NSW from 1/1946
Sold in 1949 to R. Cunningham & H. Sutherland and cut down to tank top at Stockton NSW,
remains beached as landfill on 16 August 1950 at South Arm, Hunter River NSW.