| Name: | WAR BISON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/04/1918 |
| Completed: | 05/1918 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 498 |
| Dimensions: | 5144grt, 3178nrt, 400.1 x 52.3 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 518nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142410 |
| History: | |
| 07/05/1918 | The Shipping Controller, British Government; registered at London |
| 1919 | Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp; renamed AUSTRALIER |
| 1926 | Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Co Ltd (A Holland & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1926 | Renamed SALADO |
| 1935 | Houlder Line Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd, managers), London; renamed ROYSTON GRANGE |
| 25/11/1939 | Sank |
| Comments: | 25/11/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U28, 150 miles SW of Land's End |
| On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Liverpool carrying grain & general cargo |
Above photo as SALADO is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as SALADO is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as SALADO is courtesy of Nick Chipchase