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Name: CITY OF WINCHESTER
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1917
Completed: 10/1917
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 866
Dimensions: 7981grt, 4478nrt, 456.1 x 57.9 x 31.2ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 736nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140546
History:
19/11/1917 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Glasgow
09/05/1941 Sank
Comments: 09/05/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U103, 880 miles W of Sierra Leone
On a voyage from London to Table Bay & Beira carrying general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo is copyright of FG Wilkinson

Above photo is copyright of FG Wilkinson