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Name: THESSALIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/08/1912
Completed: 09/1912
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 184
Dimensions: 3691grt, 2341nrt, 348.5 x 50.1 x 23.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 307nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133654
History:
21/09/1912 International Line Steamship Co Ltd (Christopher Marwood), Whitby
1914 Manager became George Marwood
1918 Sutherland Steamship Co Ltd (AM Sutherland), Newcastle
1919 Renamed FORFAR
1920 Western Counties Shipping Co Ltd (E Edwards & Sons), Cardiff
1921 Boyazides, Brother & Co, Andros; renamed THRASYVOULOS
30/10/1939 Sank
Comments: 30/10/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U37, 250 miles WxS of Land's End
On a voyage from Swansea to Halifax (NS) with a cargo of coal


Above photo as FORFAR is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as THRASYVOULOS is courtesy of Photoship