Name: | CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/05/1922 |
Completed: | 07/1922 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1187 |
Dimensions: | 1689grt, 987nrt, 250.0 x 43.1 x 16.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26.5 & 44 x 30ins), 106nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 146589 |
History: | |
07/1922 | Ontario Transportation & Pulp Co Ltd, London |
1924 | Chicago Tribune Transportation Co Ltd, London |
1929 | Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal |
1933 | Renamed THOROLD |
1940 | Ministry of Shipping (RS Dalgleish), London |
22/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/08/1940: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft, 2.5 miles S of The Smalls |
On a voyage from Cardiff to London with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as CHICAGO TRIBUNE is copyright of JH Bascom