SS Scillin

History
Name
  • H W Pellatt (1903–20)
  • Memling (1920–24)
  • Nicole le Borgne (1925–34)
  • Giuliana Pagan (1934–35)
  • Scillin Secundo (1935–37)
  • Scillin (1937–42)
Owner
  • Wm Petersen Ltd, Newcastle (1903–05)
  • Canadian Lake & Ocean Nav Co, Newcastle (1905–11)
  • Merchants Mutual Line, Newcastle (1911–17)
  • Canadian Northern Steamships, London (1917–18)
  • Canadian Steamship Lines, Montreal (1918–20)
  • Société Belge d'Armament Maritime (1920–24)
  • Cie. Charles le Borgne, Marseille (1925–34)
  • Giuseppe Pagan, Venice (1934–35)
  • Aurora SA di Nav, Genoa (1935–)
  • Fratelli Bianchi Soc Di Nav, Genoa (–1942)
Port of registry
  • Newcastle (1903–17)
  • London (1917–18)
  • Montreal (1918–20)
  • (1920–24)
  • Marseille (1925–34)
  • Venice (1934–35)
  • Genoa (1935–42)
BuilderRussell and Company, Greenock, Scotland
Yard number511
Launched9 April 1903
Completed1903
Identification
  • UK official number 114446 (1903–20)
  • Italian official number 263 (1934–35)
  • Italian official number 2019 (1935–40)
  • code letters OURC (1925–33)
  • Call sign IOEK (1935–37)
  • call sign IUFG (1937–42)
FateSunk by HMS Sahib, 14 November 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length240.1 ft (73.2 m)
Beam36.8 ft (11.2 m)
Depth21.7 ft (6.6 m)
Installed power196 NHP
Propulsion3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines; single screw
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)

SS Scillin was a 1,591 GRT cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1903, passed through a succession of owners of various nationalities and had a succession of different names. She was built as H. M. Pellatt but was successively called Memling, Nicole Le Borgne, Giuliana Pagan, and Scillin Secondo before becoming Scillin in 1937.

By the time of the Second World War the ship was in Italian ownership. In 1942, a Royal Navy submarine sank her in the Mediterranean Sea when she was transporting over 800 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from North Africa to Italy, killing nearly all of them. The United Kingdom kept the cause of her sinking secret until 1996, more than 50 years after the event.

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