WAR PRIAM / BARDIC /  HOSTILUS / HORATIUS / KUMARA / MARATHON

BUILT IN 1918 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST, AND LAUNCHED AS THE 'WAR PRIAM'  ( FOR THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER ) .

SHE WAS SIMILIAR IN DESIGN TO 'GALLIC'.

SHE WAS SOLD TO WHITE STAR AND RE-NAMED 'BARDIC' IN 1919.

IN 1924 SHE WENT ASHORE ON STAG ROCK NEAR THE LIZARD, CAME OF WITH SOME DAMAGE AND WAS REPAIRED IN FALMOUTH. ( I GUESS THE TOP PICTURE, IF CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED SHOWS HER STRANDED ON STAG ROCK )

 IN 1925 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ABERDEEN LINE AND WAS RE-NAMED 'HOSTILUS'.

IN 1926 SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'HORATIUS' BUT WAS STILL WITH THE ABERDEEN LINE.

IN 1932 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AND RE-NAMED 'KUMARA'.

IN 1936 SHE WAS LAID UP IN THE GARELOCH. 1937 SAW HER SOLD TO A GREEK COMPANY WHO RE-NAMED HER 'MARATHON'.

SHE WAS SUNK BY THE 'SCHARNHOST' IN 1941 OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, SHE WAS LAGGING BEHIND IN A CONVEY.