Name: | HEADCLIFFE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/04/1915 |
Completed: | 06/1915 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 448 |
Dimensions: | 3654grt, 2323nrt, 347.4 x 49.2 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 324nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 134963 |
History: | |
08/06/1915 | Cliffe Steamship Co Ltd (GT Readhead & Co), South Shields |
1932 | Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, Panama; renamed MOUNT PARNASSUS |
1935 | Atlanticos Steamship Co Ltd & L Margaronis (Kulukundis Bros), Piraeus |
1936 | Latvian Shipping Co, Riga; renamed TAUTMILA |
1941 | Deutsches Reich (G Freymann, Danzig); renamed BALTENLAND |
16/10/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/1940: At Rotterdam on German invasion, seized 06/1941 |
16/10/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by Soviet submarine SHCH323, 25 miles NxE of Oland | |
On a voyage from Haukipudas to Bremen | |
Subsequently raised & broken up |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley