Name: | THIARA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 01/08/1939 |
Completed: | 10/1939 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1563 |
Dimensions: | 10364grt, 6177nrt, 505.8 x 64.6 x 36.6ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 10cyl (650 x 1400mm), 628nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | 167340 |
History: | |
28/09/1939 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
27/07/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/07/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34, 460 miles S of Iceland |
On a voyage from Falmouth & Milford Haven to Curacao in ballast |
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, 02/08/1939