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Name: CORDUFF
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/11/1923
Completed: 12/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1221
Dimensions: 2345grt, 1322nrt, 284.5 x 42.0 x 19.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 39ins), 247nhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Reg Number: 147566
History:
08/12/1923 Cory Colliers Ltd, London
1933 Managers became William Cory & Son Ltd, London
07/03/1941 Sank
Comments: 07/03/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by an MTB of the German 1st S-Flotille,
off No 8 Buoy near Cromer, Norfolk
On a voyage from London to Hartlepool in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 07/11/1923