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Name: SIR RUSSELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/10/1933
Completed: 11/1933
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1438
Dimensions: 1548grt, 841nrt, 243.8 x 36.6 x 16.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 174nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 163408
History:
11/1933 Stephenson Clarke & Associated Companies Ltd, London
11/08/1941 Sank
Comments: 11/08/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by German MTB S49 when 6 miles ENE of Dungeness
On a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton with a cargo of coal


Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley