Name: | SIR RUSSELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/10/1933 |
Completed: | 11/1933 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1438 |
Dimensions: | 1548grt, 841nrt, 243.8 x 36.6 x 16.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 174nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 163408 |
History: | |
11/1933 | Stephenson Clarke & Associated Companies Ltd, London |
11/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/08/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by German MTB S49 when 6 miles ENE of Dungeness |
On a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton with a cargo of coal |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley