| 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, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (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 Steam Navigation Co Ltd, West Hartlepool; renamed HENDONHALL |
| 1932 | “Corrado” SA di Nav, Genoa; renamed DINO |
| 21/07/1941 | US Maritime Commission (United States Lines Co), Panama |
| 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: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U561 in mid Atlantic at 52.50N – 33.20W | |
| On a voyage from New York and Sydney NS to Hvalfjord and Arkhangelsk |
Above photo by Ignazio Brilla is thought to be of DINO. Photo is courtesy of Bruno Chionetti & Paolo Piccardo
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 25/02/1920