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 |