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