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Name: GLENLINNIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/04/1923
Completed: 05/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1205
Dimensions: 1904grt, 1121nrt, 252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26.5 & 44 x 33ins), 111nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 145525
History:
07/05/1923 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend; registered at Newcastle
1924 Glen Line Ltd (J Playfair), Midland, Ontario
1925 Geo Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal
1926 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal; registered at Montreal
1927 Renamed LENNOX
23/02/1942 Sank
Comments: 23/02/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U129, 120 miles NxE of Georgetown
On a voyage from Paramaibo to Trinidad with a cargo of bauxite


Above photo as GLENLINNIE is copyright of Bowling Green State University