| Name: | TEIRESIAS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/10/1914 |
| Completed: | 01/1915 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 467 |
| Dimensions: | 7606grt, 4822nrt, 455.3 x 56.3 x 32.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (31, 51.5 & 86 x 60ins), 572nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 137418 |
| History: | |
| 16/12/1914 | Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 17/06/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/1915: Damaged by a mine in the Small Bitter Lakes. Subsequently repaired |
| Originally a cargo ship, she was given limited passenger accommodation after WW1 | |
| 17/06/1940: Bombed & sunk 15 miles SW of St Nazaire | |
| On a voyage from Avonmouth to St Nazaire to rescue British troops |
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