| Name: | HARELDA |
| Type | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/07/1901 |
| Completed: | 24/08/1901 |
| Builder: | Wigham, Richardson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 379 |
| Dimensions: | 1288grt, 651nrt, 1923dwt, 255.0 x 33.7 x 18.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21, 33.5 & 54 x 39ins), 195nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham, Richardson & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 12.4knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 109510 |
| History: | |
| 08/1901 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
| 05/02/1917 | British Royal Navy; renamed ACTON |
| 27/03/1919 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork; renamed HARELDA |
| 1922 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 11/1938 | Bertram C Hobbs, London |
| 1939 | Tai Yau Steamship Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed HARELDAWINS |
| 10/12/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | Contract price £28650, Profit £2780-0s-7d |
| 05/02/1917 to 26/03/1919: Hired by the Admiralty as a decoy ship | |
| She was armed with 1 x 4ins & 4 x 12pdr guns | |
| Also operated as Q34, GANDY, HARELDA and WOFFINGTON | |
| 20/08/1917: Credited by German sources with sinking coastal | |
| submarine UC72 in the Bay of Biscay | |
| 10/12/1941: Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I124, 8 nmiles west | |
| of Barigayos Point, Luzon, when en route from Hong Kong to Singapore |
Above photo as HARELDA courtesy of Stuart Smith