Name: | CHELSEA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/09/1925 |
Completed: | 11/1925 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 389 |
Dimensions: | 4804grt, 3032nrt, 396.1 x 52.8 x 27.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 390nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149027 |
History: | |
14/11/1925 | Sea Steamship Co Ltd (Wm Brown, Atkinson & Co Ltd), Hull |
30/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/08/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U32, 65 miles WxN of Cape Wrath |
On a voyage from Montreal to Methil & London with a cargo of maize |
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