Name: | TREWIDDEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/1917 |
Completed: | 09/1917 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 454 |
Dimensions: | 4381grt, 2759nrt, 400.0 x 52.1 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 416nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137867 |
History: | |
09/1917 | Hain SS Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives |
1937 | Prekomorska Plovidba DD, Susak; renamed KUPA |
15/05/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 15/05/1942: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U156 in 14.50N – 52.20W |
On a voyage from New York via Table Bay to Alexandria with a cargo of | |
trucks, aircraft parts and drummed petrol. |