Name: | GLENBUCKIE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/03/1923 |
Completed: | 04/1923 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1197 |
Dimensions: | 1901grt, 1118nrt, 252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 44 x 33ins), 111nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 145516 |
History: | |
20/04/1923 | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle |
1924 | Glen Line Ltd (J Playfair), Midland, Ontario |
1926 | Geo Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal |
1926 | Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal |
1927 | Renamed NORFOLK |
18/09/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/09/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U175, 100 miles north of Georgetown |
On a voyage from Paramaibo to Trinidad with a cargo of bauxite |
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