NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Sollum 1927 Thanks to Chris Latour (www.supremeruler.com) for fixing an erroneous data on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
السلوم  [Sollum] (ex-Syringa)			Workman Clark, Belfast, UK	1917	29.9.1917	1917 // 3.1920	sunk 31.1.1941

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1290
Displacement full, t	1493
Length, m	80.0
Breadth, m	10.7
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2500
Max speed, kts	17.5
Fuel, t	coal 130
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I
Complement	77

Graphics

Project history

Former British escort sloop Syringa of Anchusa class, transferred to Egypt 31.3.1920. Really mostly she served unarmed. She was used as patrol, lighthouse tender and transport vessel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

31.1.1941, proceeding to Tobruk, at evasion from attacks of German aircraft Sollum ran a underwater rock at Sidi-Barrani and sank.

Thanks to Chris Latour () for fixing an erroneous data on this page.