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Name: BURNHOPE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/01/1929
Completed: 02/1929
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 408
Dimensions: 3859grt, 2383nrt, 370.3 x 51.8 x 22.6ft
Engines: Q4cyl (20, 28, 40 & 58 x 42ins), 327nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149492
History:
11/02/1929 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (Burnett & Co), Newcastle
1933 Kassos Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis & Yannaghas), Syra
1933 Renamed THEMONI
1938 CD Mallory Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; renamed MALANTIC
1941 Marine Operating Co Inc, Wilmington, Delaware
09/03/1943 Sank
Comments: 02/07/1937: On fire 120 miles north of Fernando Noronha
On a voyage from Gdynia to Rosario with a cargo of coal
02/07/1937: Beached at Fernando Noronha & became a Constructive Total Loss
Subsequently sold and repaired at Newport News
22/04/1942: Taken over by the US War Shipping Administration
09/03/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U409, 380 miles SxW of Reykjavik
On a voyage from New York to Liverpool carrying munitions & general cargo


Above photo is copyright of the US Navy

Above photo is copyright of the US Navy

Above photo is copyright of the US Navy

Above photo is copyright of the US Navy