Name: | HARLESDEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/06/1932 |
Completed: | 07/1932 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 586 |
Dimensions: | 5483grt, 3219nrt, 427.7 x 56.3 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 482nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 162738 |
History: | |
07/1932 | J & C Harrison Ltd, London |
22/02/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/02/1941: Sunk by gunfire from German battle cruiser GNEISENAU, |
at position 47.18N/40.18W approx 600 miles W of St John's Newfoundland | |
7 of the crew were killed and 34 taken prisoner | |
On a voyage from Hull to New York in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of John Clarkson
Above photo is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection