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Name: THORNABY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/05/1935
Completed: 06/1935
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 596
Dimensions: 1174grt, 504nrt, 226.6 x 33.1 x 14.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 44 x 30ins), 148nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 160745
History:
03/06/1935 Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
1946 Renamed NORTHUMBRIAN COAST
01/1963 Broken up
Comments: 01/1963: Broken up at Dunston by Clayton & Davie


Above photo as THORNABY is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as NORTHUMBRIAN COAST is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as NORTHUMBRIAN COAST is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

Above photo as NORTHUMBRIAN COAST is courtesy of Photoship. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as NORTHUMBRIAN COAST is courtesy of Photoship. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return