Name: | KAYESON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/09/1929 |
Completed: | 11/1929 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 561 |
Dimensions: | 4606grt, 2873nrt, 393.1 x 54.3 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 404nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161317 |
History: | |
11/1929 | Kaye Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Kaye, Son & Co Ltd), London |
1934 | Coolham Steamship Co Ltd (Kaye, Son & Co Ltd), London |
02/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U32, 800 miles WxN of Lands End |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo with coal and general cargo |