| Name: | THURSOBANK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/06/1940 |
| Completed: | 09/1940 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 518 |
| Dimensions: | 5575grt, 3233nrt, 435.2 x 56.7 x 26.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 542nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165986 |
| History: | |
| 12/09/1940 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co, managers), Glasgow |
| 22/03/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U373, 300 miles SW of New York |
| On a voyage from New York to Cape Town carrying general cargo |
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