The S.S. Zietieh was a steel screw steamship of 291 GRT built at William Walker Yard No. 93, Maryport, England for the Egyptian Oil Trust (Messrs Messrs Light and Fulton, London). Broadside launched in 1911 on the Ellen River, she was 37 meters in length and 6.7 meters in beam. Propulsion was provided by a single Scotch Boiler, provided by J. Ritchie & Company, and a double-expansion steam engine coupled to a single shaft and propeller. The ship, a small Coaster, was built with a single cargo hold located forward of the superstructure containing the wheelhouse located just aft of amidships. Aft…