Name: | KIRNWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/10/1927 |
Completed: | 01/1928 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 487 |
Dimensions: | 3741grt, 2272nrt, 366.5 x 52.5 x 22.0ft; (1935: 3829grt, 2357nrt, 389.6ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 61.5 x 45ins), 334nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147794 |
History: | |
01/1928 | Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough |
10/12/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 1935: Lengthened & fitted with a maierform bow |
10/12/1941: Torpedoed & sunk 500 miles south of Iceland |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo copyright of John Clarkson