Mondoc 1928

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	MONDOC
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	10/02/1928
Completed:	03/1928
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	1333
Dimensions:	1926grt, 1142nrt, 252.8 x 43.3 x 17.8ft
Engines:	T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Reg Number:	149459
History:
03/1928	Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle & Fort William, Ontario
05/10/1941	Sank

Comments:	05/10/1941: Sank following an explosion about 100 miles east of Trinidad
	On a voyage from Demerara to St Thomas with a cargo of bauxite