Bilswood: The Bilswood was a cargo steamer of 3,097 tons constructed 1915 at the Ropner & Sons, Ltd., Yard (No. 501), Stockton, for J. Constantine, Middlesbrough. Launched 30 April 1915 and completed in June of that same year. The ship was 102.1 meters LPP and 14.6 meters in beam and was defensively armed (defensive weapons unknown). While in transit on the Hull (via Malta)-Alexandria route, the ship struck a mine, or mines, on 12 March 1917 and sank approximately eight miles Northwest of Alexandria by mines laid by the German submarine U-73 (Gustav Siess). No Photo Available References: Miramar Single Ship Report for "11036073" http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/800.html http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES-B.htm