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Name: CONDOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/02/1920
Completed: 06/1920
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 280
Dimensions: 5587grt, 3423nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 1927: 139425
History:
06/1920 Bjørnstad & Braekhus, Bergen
1920 Soc Transocéanique de Transport (R van Hemelryck & Cie), Antwerp
1920 Renamed SERRA BELGRANO
1923 Cie de Nav Sud-Atlantique Belge (Armement Deppe SA), Antwerp
1923 Renamed MONTES
1927 West Hartlepool SN Co Ltd, West Hartlepool; renamed HENDONHALL
1932 “Corrado” SA di Nav, Genoa; renamed DINO
21/07/1941 US Maritime Commission (United States Lines Co)
1941 Renamed MERIDIAN
11/11/1941 Sank
Comments: Laid down as WAR BAILEY for The Shipping Controller
10/06/1940: At Boston, laid up
03/1941: Detained at Boston
07/1941: Requisitioned by the US Government
11/11/1941: Sank after bring torpedoed by U-Boat U561 in 52.50N – 33.20W
On a voyage from New York and Sydney NS to Hvalfjord and Arkhangelsk