| Name: | SIDI BEL ABBES |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/09/1929 |
| Completed: | 11/1929 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1358 |
| Dimensions: | 4392grt, 2168nrt, 368.0 x 50.1 x 23.5ft |
| Engines: | 6 x steam turbines, SR Geared |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 11/1929 | Soc Generale de Transports Maritimes a Vapeur, Marseilles |
| 20/04/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/04/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U565 60 miles west of Oran |
| She was operating as a troop ship carring 1100 Senegalese troops from | |
| Casablanca to Oran. 611 troops and crew died. |
Photo courtesy of Richard Cox