Name: | CERINTHUS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 23/08/1930 |
Completed: | 09/1930 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 577 |
Dimensions: | 3878grt, 2318nrt, 336.0 x 48.8 x 25.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 55 x 39ins), 385nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 162481 |
History: | |
12/09/1930 | Hadley Shipping Co Ltd, London |
09/11/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/11/1942: Shelled, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U128, 700 miles WxS of Dakar |
On a voyage from London via Oban to Freetown in ballast |
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