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