Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. DELISLE (Baltimore, U.S.A.)
WW2
WW2
The Delisle was a steam-powered merchant ship of 3,478 tons which had been built in 1919 by the Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California. Her owner was A. H. Bull & Company Incorporated of New York and her home port Baltimore. There were a total of 36 men under Captain William Washington Callis, of whom 34 survived the attack, as did the ship.