| Name: | REGISTAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/01/1930 |
| Completed: | 14/03/1930 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 500 |
| Dimensions: | 5886grt 3711nrt, 426.0 x 55.0 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 78 x 51ins) & LP turbine, DR geared, 787nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161381 |
| History: | |
| 14/03/1930 | Strick Line (1928) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 29/10/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/09/1940: Requisitioned by Royal Navy & converted to an Ocean Boarding Vessel |
| Allocated pennant F106 | |
| 27/03/1941: Bombed by German aircraft off Cape Cornwall. She caught fire and 63 crew were lost. The survivors were rescued by HMS WIVERN, HMS VANSITTART and HMS WILD SWAN | |
| The badly damaged ship was towed to Falmouth by the British tug GOLIATH where she was rebuilt as a merchant vessel and returned to her owners in November 1941 | |
| 29/10/1942: When sailing un-escorted she was torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U332 some 140 miles East of Bardabos. 11 crew and 5 gunners were lost |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo is courtesy of the Allen Collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Monday, 03/02/1930