Name: | CHEVINGTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/12/1911 |
Completed: | 01/1912 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 424 |
Dimensions: | 3876grt, 2447nrt, 367.3 x 53.9 x 22.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132669 |
History: | |
09/02/1912 | Ilderton Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1918 | Peterborough Shipping Co Ltd, Hull |
1919 | Renamed BELLGLADE |
1929 | Bell Line Ltd, Hull |
1932 | Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, Panama City; renamed MOUNT KITHERON |
1935 | Kulukundis Bros, Syra |
1938 | Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Syra |
25/01/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/01/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U754, 20 miles SW of St John's |
On a voyage from Newport to St John's Newfoundland with a cargo of coal | |
12 crew died |
Above photo as CHEVINGTON is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BELLGLADE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 23/12/1911