| Name: | THISBE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/02/1919 |
| Completed: | 04/1919 |
| Builder: | Charles Rennoldson |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 182 |
| Dimensions: | 1710grt, 1043nrt, 265.1 x 36.7 x 16.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 216nhp |
| Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142830 |
| History: | |
| 24/04/1919 | Thisbe Steamship Co Ltd (Edward Charlton, manager), Newcastle |
| 1920 | Brentford Gas Co (Stephenson, Clark & Co, managers), London; renamed CRANFORD |
| 1922 | Managers became Stephenson, Clark & Co Ltd, London |
| 1926 | Gas, Light & Coke Co, London |
| 1928 | Constants (South Wales) Ltd, London; renamed SELLINGE |
| 1931 | Manager became Martin Constant |
| 30/11/1933 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 30/11/1933: Wrecked on La Banche Shoal, near St Nazaire, in dense fog |
| On a voyage from Port Talbot to Nantes with a cargo of coal | |
| Crew saved |
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