Name: | HOMECLIFFE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/04/1920 |
Completed: | 07/1920 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 461 |
Dimensions: | 4914grt, 3011nrt, 385.5 x 53.6 x 27.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 433nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 139910 |
History: | |
07/1920 | Cliffe Steamship Co Ltd (GT Readhead & Co, managers), South Shields |
1934 | Avon Steamship Co Ltd (Mark Whitwill & Son, managers), Bristol |
1934 | Renamed AVON VALLEY |
1937 | United Merchants Shipping, London; renamed PANOS |
1944 | Ministry of War Transport, London |
09/06/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/06/1944: Scuttled as part of Gooseberry No 4 harbour at Normany |
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Above photo as HOMECLIFFE is courtesy of Richard Cox