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Name: PINEWOOD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/04/1930
Completed: 05/1930
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 574
Dimensions: 2466grt, 1382nrt, 285.8 x 42.4 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 31 & 52 x 39ins), 204nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161418
History:
05/1930 Wm France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London
03/01/1941 Sank
Comments: 03/01/1941: Sank after striking a mine 1.5 miles south of Southend Pier on a
voyage from London to Blyth in ballast