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Name: TREDINNICK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/11/1920
Completed: 02/1921
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 464
Dimensions: 4597grt, 2846nrt, 400.1 x 52.1 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 425nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 142580
History:
24/02/1921 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
29/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 29/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by Italian submarine PIETRO, 1200 miles W of Cape Verde
On a voyage from New York via Table Bay to Bombay with government stores


Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is copyright of Leslie W Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 24/02/1921