Name: | PETERSFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/12/1929 |
Completed: | 02/1930 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 415 |
Dimensions: | 5073grt, 3151nrt, 412.7 x 55.3 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (23, 32.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 442nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161368 |
History: | |
03/02/1930 | Woodfield Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Woods, Tylor & Brown), London |
1933 | BJ Sutherland & Co Ltd, Newcastle; renamed CROMARTY |
1936 | NV Mij Zeevaart (Hudig & Veder), Rotterdam; renamed ARUNDO |
28/04/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U136, 35 miles SE of New York |
On a voyage from New York to Durban carrying nitrate & general cargo |
Above photo as CROMARTY is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as ARUNDO is courtesy of Photoship