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Name: CORDENE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/04/1924
Completed: 06/1924
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1229
Dimensions: 2345grt, 1322nrt, 284.5 x 42.1 x 19.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 39ins), 247nhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 147668
History:
06/1924 Cory Colliers Ltd, London
1934 Wm Cory & Sons Ltd, London became managers
09/08/1941 Sank
Comments: 09/08/1941: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft 10 miles
north of Cromer in position 53.01N - 01.48E
On a voyage from Rochester to Blyth in ballast


Above photo courtesy of Photoship