Name: | CONDOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/02/1920 |
Completed: | 06/1920 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 280 |
Dimensions: | 5587grt, 3423nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 1927: 139425 |
History: | |
06/1920 | Bjørnstad & Braekhus, Bergen |
1920 | Soc Transocéanique de Transport (R van Hemelryck & Cie), Antwerp |
1920 | Renamed SERRA BELGRANO |
1923 | Cie de Nav Sud-Atlantique Belge (Armement Deppe SA), Antwerp |
1923 | Renamed MONTES |
1927 | West Hartlepool SN Co Ltd, West Hartlepool; renamed HENDONHALL |
1932 | “Corrado” SA di Nav, Genoa; renamed DINO |
21/07/1941 | US Maritime Commission (United States Lines Co) |
1941 | Renamed MERIDIAN |
11/11/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR BAILEY for The Shipping Controller |
10/06/1940: At Boston, laid up | |
03/1941: Detained at Boston | |
07/1941: Requisitioned by the US Government | |
11/11/1941: Sank after bring torpedoed by U-Boat U561 in 52.50N – 33.20W | |
On a voyage from New York and Sydney NS to Hvalfjord and Arkhangelsk |