Name: | THEMONI |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1929 |
Completed: | 06/1929 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 411 |
Dimensions: | 3875grt, 2399nrt, 375.4 x 53.0 x 23.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41.5 & 70 x 48ins), 426nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1933: 162384) |
History: | |
06/1929 | Kassos Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis & Yannaghas), Syra |
1933 | United Africa Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed DAHOMIAN |
01/04/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/04/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U852 at 34.25S – 18.19E |
On a voyage from New York to Table Bay with aircraft and general cargo |
Above photo as THEMONI is courtesy of Clive Ketley