Name: | CORDENE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/04/1924 |
Completed: | 06/1924 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1229 |
Dimensions: | 2345grt, 1322nrt, 284.5 x 42.1 x 19.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 39ins), 247nhp |
Engines by: | GT Grey & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 147668 |
History: | |
06/1924 | Cory Colliers Ltd, London |
1934 | Wm Cory & Sons Ltd, London became managers |
09/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/08/1941: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft 10 miles |
north of Cromer in position 53.01N - 01.48E | |
On a voyage from Rochester to Blyth in ballast |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship