Name: | CITY OF OXFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/07/1926 |
Completed: | 12/1926 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1291 |
Dimensions: | 2759grt, 1633nrt, 326.7 x 46.4 x 20.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 306nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 149600 |
History: | |
12/1926 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (G Smith), Liverpool |
1937 | Managers Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd |
15/06/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 15/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U552 400 miles west of |
Coruna at position 43.42N - 18.12W | |
On a voyage from Huelva & Lisbon to Garston with a cargo of ore & cork |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship