SS Burgondier was a 5,297-ton cargo steamship built to a First World War standard design by Caird & Company at Greenock on the Firth of Clyde.[1] She changed owners and names several times, becoming the Azul, David Dawson, Penteli and finally Brockley Hill. She was sunk by enemy action in 1941.[5]
Propulsion
The ship had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 196 sqft heating three 180 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 7668 sqft.[1] The boilers fed a Caird & Company three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine[1] rated at 517 NHP that drove a single screw.[1]