Name: | SORELDOC |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/02/1928 |
Completed: | 03/1928 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1335 |
Dimensions: | 1926grt, 1142nrt, 252.8 x 43.3 x 17.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Reg Number: | 149460 |
History: | |
27/03/1928 | Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle |
1930 | Registered at Fort William, Ontario |
1943 | US War Shipping Administration - Alcoa Steam Ship Co Inc, Panama |
1945 | US Army - Transportation Corps |
28/02/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 1945: On a bareboat charter to the US Army |
28/02/1945: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U1302, 20 miles | |
north west of Fishguard, in position 52.15N - 05.35W | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea in ballast |
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