Name: | CITY OF PITTSBURG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/07/1921 |
Completed: | 01/1922 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 919 |
Dimensions: | 7377grt, 4719nrt, 465.7 x 58.6 x 31.8ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 759nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145898 |
History: | |
01/12/1921 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd, managers), Liverpool |
11/01/1942 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 11/01/1942: Wrecked at Great Pass near Alexandria |
On a voyage from Montreal to Alexandria with a cargo of munitions & foodstuffs |
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