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Name: GUELMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/02/1928
Completed: 30/03/1928
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 489
Dimensions: 4402grt, 2738nrt, 370.2 x 52.3 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143989
History:
28/03/1928 FC Strick & Co Ltd, Swansea
1933 La Tunisienne Steam Navigation Co Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), Swansea
17/07/1941 Sank
Comments: 17/07/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by ALESSANDRO MALASPINA, 140 miles SxW of Madeira
On a voyage from Madeira to Pepel carrying general cargo