Name: | SURREY |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/04/1919 |
Completed: | 24/07/1919 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 868 |
Dimensions: | 9783grt, 5350nrt, 460.4 x 62.8 x 34.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam Turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 1058nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143352 |
History: | |
21/07/1919 | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
10/06/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U68, 240 miles N of Colon, Panama |
On a voyage from New York to Sydney NSW carrying war materiel & general cargo |
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Collection
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/04/1919