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Name: TREWORLAS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/10/1922
Completed: 11/1922
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 470
Dimensions: 4692grt, 2898nrt, 400.4 x 53.1 x 26.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 457nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147041
History:
16/11/1922 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
28/12/1942 Sank
Comments: 28/12/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U124, 13 mile E of Toco, Trinidad
On a voyage from Massowah to Baltimore with a cargo of manganese ore


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