| Name: | JOSEPH MEDILL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/07/1935 |
| Completed: | 08/1935 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1507 |
| Dimensions: | 2087grt, 1607nrt, 251.2 x 43.9 x 20.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, MAN type, 1000bhp |
| Engines by: | Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, Augsburg |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 158631 |
| History: | |
| 27/08/1935 | Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal |
| 17/08/1935 | Missing |
| Comments: | 17/08/1935: Last reported 400 miles east of Newfoundland at 57.19N - 26.12W |
| On her maiden voyage from Grangemouth to Toronto with a cargo of anthracite | |
| At the time of her loss she was the largest all-welded ship in the world |
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