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Name: TASSO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/12/1937
Completed: 02/1938
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1580
Dimensions: 1586grt, 768nrt, 283.9 x 40.2 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (19.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins) + LP turbine, 335nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 165697
History:
02/1938 Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
02/12/1940 Sank
Comments: 02/12/1940: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U52,
300 miles west of Ireland in position 55.03N - 18.04W
On a voyage from Demerara via Bermuda to Oban with hardwood logs