Name: | MERIONES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/08/1921 |
Completed: | 09/1922 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 921 |
Dimensions: | 7684grt, 4808nrt, 459.7 x 58.4 x 32.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam Turbines, DR geared, 1190nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145974 |
History: | |
06/09/1922 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
26/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/01/1941: Grounded on a wreck on South Haisborough Bank, east of Cromer |
On a voyage from London to Hull & Brisbane carrying general cargo | |
26/01/1941: Bombed by German aircraft, set on fire & gutted |
Above: Fitting out. Photo is copyright of the Clyde Shiplovers' Society
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green