Name: | MIN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/05/1922 |
Completed: | 07/1922 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 469 |
Dimensions: | 4694grt, 2901nrt, 400.4 x 53.1 x 26.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 457nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142582 |
History: | |
18/07/1922 | Mercantile Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives |
1923 | Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives |
1936 | Renamed TREMINNARD |
02/08/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/08/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U160, 300 miles east of Trinidad |
On a voyage from Alexandria to Trinidad in ballast |
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Above photo as MIN is copyright Library of Contemporary History Stuttgart
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