| Name: | THORNLIEBANK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/02/1939 |
| Completed: | 03/1939 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 515 |
| Dimensions: | 5569grt, 3249nrt, 435.2 x 56.7 x 26.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 524nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165963 |
| History: | |
| 17/03/1939 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co, managers), Glasgow |
| 29/11/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/11/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U43, 180 miles N of the Azores |
| On a voyage from Barry to Suez, with a cargo of ammunition & general cargo | |
| All 75 crew members died |