Burnhope 1929

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Name:	BURNHOPE
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	12/01/1929
Completed:	02/1929
Builder:	Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd
Yard:	Howdon
Yard Number:	408
Dimensions:	3859grt, 2383nrt, 370.3 x 51.8 x 22.6ft
Engines:	Q4cyl (20, 28, 40 & 58 x 42ins), 327nhp
Engines by:	North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	149492
History:
11/02/1929	Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (Burnett & Co), Newcastle
1933	Kassos Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis & Yannaghas), Syra
1933	Renamed THEMONI
1938	CD Mallory Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; renamed MALANTIC
1941	Marine Operating Co Inc, Wilmington, Delaware
09/03/1943	Sank

Comments:	02/07/1937: On fire 120 miles north of Fernando Noronha
	On a voyage from Gdynia to Rosario with a cargo of coal
	02/07/1937: Beached at Fernando Noronha & became a Constructive Total Loss
	Subsequently sold and repaired at Newport News
	22/04/1942: Taken over by the US War Shipping Administration
	09/03/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U409, 380 miles SxW of Reykjavik
	On a voyage from New York to Liverpool carrying munitions & general cargo