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 |