Name: | TESTBANK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/09/1937 |
Completed: | 11/1937 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 510 |
Dimensions: | 5083grt, 2981nrt, 423.7 x 56.7 x 24.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins) 524nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 165919 |
History: | |
06/11/1937 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co, managers), Glasgow |
02/12/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/12/1943: Blew up during an air raid at Bari. 70 crew died |
After a voyage from Manchester to Bari |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox