Name: | GLENTWORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/07/1920 |
Completed: | 11/1920 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 490 |
Dimensions: | 5677grt, 3501nrt, 450.0 x 55.0 x 26.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40.5 & 68 x 48ins), 548nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144931 |
History: | |
28/10/1920 | Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co Ltd (RS Dalgliesh, managers), Newcastle |
1934 | Surrey Steamship Co Ltd (Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, managers) |
1934 | Renamed BOX HILL |
31/12/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 31/12/1939: Sunk by mine 9 miles off the Humber Light Vessel |
The vessel broke completely in half and sank almost immediately | |
On a voyage from St John, New Brunswick to Hull with a cargo of wheat | |
20 crew died |
Above photo as GLENTWORTH is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as GLENTWORTH is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as BOX HILL is copyright of Alex Duncan
Above photo as BOX HILL is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives