| Name: | HARPALION | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 06/04/1932 | 
| Completed: | 05/1932 | 
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Hebburn | 
| Yard Number: | 585 | 
| Dimensions: | 5486grt, 3250nrt, 427.7 x 56.3 x 26.1ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 408nhp | 
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 162707 | 
| History: | |
| 10/05/1932 | J & C Harrison Ltd, London | 
| 13/04/1942 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 13/04/1942: Scuttled by naval escort after being bombed 540 miles NxW of Murmansk | 
| On a voyage from Murmansk to Reykjavik with a cargo of mineral ores | 

Above photo is courtesy of the Stuttgart Library of Contemporary History