Name: | GARDÉPÉE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/01/1925 |
Completed: | 02/1925 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 386 |
Dimensions: | 4517grt, 2774nrt, 399.7 x 52.9 x 24.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 427nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148554 |
History: | |
19/02/1925 | Treherbert Steamship Co Ltd (Morel Ltd), London |
1925 | Renamed TREHERBERT |
1938 | Pontypridd Steamship Co Ltd (Morel Ltd), London |
1939 | Crest Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed BELCREST |
14/02/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/02/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by Italian sub MICHELE BIANCHI, 400 miles NW of Galway |
On a voyage from Halifax to Newport (UK) with a cargo of steel, plus general cargo |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 12/01/1925