Name: | BASSANO |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/09/1937 |
Completed: | 12/1937 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1560 |
Dimensions: | 4843grt, 2687nrt, 401.5 x 55.8 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.7, 44 & 73 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 786nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Reg Number: | 165691 |
History: | |
13/12/1937 | Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull |
09/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/01/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U105, 360 miles south of Iceland |
On a voyage from New York to Hull with a cargo of iron, steel & grain |