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Name: NORTH CORNWALL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/02/1924
Completed: 03/1924
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 474
Dimensions: 4304grt, 2660nrt, 380.8 x 52.2 x 25.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 388nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148058
History:
02/04/1924 North Shipping Co Ltd (H Roberts & Son), Newcastle
15/04/1940 Sank
Comments: 15/04/1940: Scuttled by German forces at Narvik, Norway
05/1953: Wreck refloated
06/1953: Broken up at Stavanger