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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


Above photo as HOMECLIFFE is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo as HOMECLIFFE is courtesy of Richard Cox