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Name: SURREY
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/04/1919
Completed: 24/07/1919
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 868
Dimensions: 9783grt, 5350nrt, 460.4 x 62.8 x 34.9ft
Engines: 2 x Steam Turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 1058nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143352
History:
21/07/1919 Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
10/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 10/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U68, 240 miles N of Colon, Panama
On a voyage from New York to Sydney NSW carrying war materiel & general cargo


Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Collection

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/04/1919