Name: | BALUCHISTAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/03/1940 |
Completed: | 06/1940 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 517 |
Dimensions: | 6992grt, 4245nrt, 454.0 x 58.5 x 29.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 48ins) & LP Turbine, DR Geared, 706nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 167540 |
History: | |
28/05/1940 | Strick Line (1923) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
08/03/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U68, 30 miles S of Sasstown, Liberia |
On a voyage from Basrah to the UK, carrying dates & general cargo |