Name: | TREBARTHA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/08/1920 |
Completed: | 12/1920 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 463 |
Dimensions: | 4597grt, 2847nrt, 400.1 x 52.1 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142579 |
History: | |
29/11/1920 | Hain Steamship Co Ltd (Foster, Hain & Read Ltd, managers), St Ives |
11/11/1940 | Stranded |
Comments: | 11/11/1940: Bombed by German aircraft off Aberdeen |
On fire forward so was run ashore in Cove Bay, Kincardineshire, 3 miles south of Aberdeen | |
She broke in two & became a total loss. Four crew members were killed | |
On a voyage from London to Philadelphia in ballast |
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