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Name: GUNNY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/04/1920
Completed: 06/1920
Builder: Eltringham's Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 342
Dimensions: 2362grt, 1408nrt, 290.4 x 44.0 x 20.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34.5 & 57 x 39ins), 203nhp
Engines by: Eltringham's Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1920 Eliassens Rederi A/S, Bergen
1931 D/S A/S Gunny, Bergen
1937 A/S Nesjar, Bergen
02/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 02/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U126, 400 miles south of Bermuda
On a voyage from Takoradi to New York with manganese ore & general cargo


Above photo as GUNNY copyright of Ken Dunn