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Name: DUMFRIES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/06/1935
Completed: 07/1935
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 595
Dimensions: 5149grt, 3061nrt, 416.3 x 55.2 x 26.0ft
Engines: Q4cyl (23, 32.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 442nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161585
History:
20/07/1935 BJ Sutherland & Co Ltd, Newcastle
1941 Gdynia America Shipping Lines (London) Ltd; registered at Newcastle
23/12/1944 Sank
Comments: 23/12/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U772, 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight
On voyage from Bona to the Tyne with a cargo of iron ore


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Profile & Decks plans courtesy of Dave Tranter. Click HERE to enlarge