Name: | PENROSE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/07/1928 |
Completed: | 08/1928 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 229 |
Dimensions: | 4393grt, 2630nrt, 400.4 x 53.0 x 25.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 413nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160949 |
History: | |
20/08/1928 | RB Chellew Steam Navigation Co Ltd (F Shearman), Falmouth |
1929 | Chellew Navigation Co Ltd (FC Perman), Swansea |
03/09/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/09/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U107, 3 miles W of Cape Sines |
On a voyage from Lisbon to Southern Spain |
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo is copyright Walter E Frost-City of Vancouver Archives