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