| Name: | HARPALYCE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/08/1930 |
| Completed: | 10/1930 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 503 |
| Dimensions: | 4708grt, 2824nrt, 395.0 x 54.2 x 24.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.75, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 436nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162484 |
| History: | |
| 15/09/1930 | National Steamship Co Ltd (J & C Harrison Ltd, managers), London |
| 1937 | Stoomv Maats "Oostzee" (Vinke & Co, managers), Amsterdam; renamed LOPPERSUM |
| 1956 | F Italo Croce, Genoa; renamed LUISITA CROCE |
| 28/01/1960 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 08/1940: Seized by the Kreigsmarine at Amsterdam |
| Used as an accommodation vessel & troop transport. Designated RO-1 and later VB-3 | |
| 30/07/1945: Arrived at Methil and handed over to Allied forces. Ruturned to owners | |
| 28/01/1960: Wrecked on the southern point of Liberia, Cape Palmas | |
| On a voyage from Naples to Takoradi carring cement & general cargo |
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