SS Fiscus

History
United Kingdom
NameFiscus
OwnerTempus Shipping Co, Ltd
OperatorW.H. Seager & Co Ltd
Port of registryCardiff
BuilderNorthumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howdon, Tyneside
Yard number401
Launched6 Mar 1928
CompletedApr 1928
Out of service18 October 1940
Identification
FateTorpedoed and sunk, 18 October 1940
General characteristics
Class & typecargo steamship
Tonnage
  • 4,815 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 4,409
  • 2,943 NRT
Length399.0 ft (121.6 m) p/p
Beam54.5 ft (16.6 m)
Draught24 ft 9+34 in (7.56 m)
Depth25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Installed power432 NHP
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew38 + 1 DEMS gunner
Sensors &
processing systems
wireless direction finding (by 1940)

SS Fiscus was a UK cargo steamship that was built in 1928, served in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1940.