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Name: TREVAYLOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/11/1912
Completed: 12/1912
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 430
Dimensions: 4249grt, 2713nrt, 369.9 x 51.1 x 26.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 385nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133214
History:
16/12/1912 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1934 Lensen Transport Ltd (Cornelis A Lensen), London; renamed FREDERIKA LENSEN
1940 Austin Friars Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Galbraith, Pembroke & Co), London
20/07/1942 Beached
Comments: 20/07/1942: Torpedoed & damaged by U-Boat U132 near Anticosti Island
On a voyage from Montreal to Sydney NS in ballast as part of Convoy QS-19
Taken under tow by HMCS WEYBURN to Grand Vallee Bay and beached
Subsequently inspected & found to have broken her back. Declared a total loss


Above photo as TREVAYLOR is copyright of Stuart Smith

Above photo as TREVAYLOR is copyright of Stuart Smith

Above photo as FREDERIKA LENSEN is copyright of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart