Name: | CITY OF MANDALAY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/11/1924 |
Completed: | 01/1925 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1253 |
Dimensions: | 7049grt, 4497nrt, 443.2 x 57.9 x 31.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.75 & 76.5 x 54ins), 751nhp; |
(1930: Addition of an LP turbine and electric drive) | |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | 147942 |
History: | |
02/01/1925 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (City Line Ltd), Glasgow |
17/10/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 1930: Fitted with LP turbine & electric motor |
17/10/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U46, 200 miles W of Coruna | |
On a voyage from Saigon & Port Swettenham to Le Havre & UK ports, | |
with a cargo of rubber, sago, hemp, tea & mats |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley