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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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