| Name: | BEACON GRANGE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/11/1937 |
| Completed: | 05/1938 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 610 |
| Dimensions: | 10160grt, 6251nrt, 447.5 x 65.5 x 35.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 1006nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 166436 |
| History: | |
| 22/04/1938 | Houlder Line Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd), London |
| 27/04/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/08/1940: Damaged by aerial launched torpedo E of the Pentland Firth |
| Towed to Kirkwall where she caught fire again & was beached | |
| Subsequently re-floated and taken to the Tyne for repair | |
| 27/04/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U552, 100 miles south of Iceland | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Buenos Aires in ballast. 2 crew died |
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