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Name: TRENEGLOS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/03/1885
Completed: 03/1885
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 213
Dimensions: 1559grt, 992nrt, 259.0 x 36.2 x 17.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 160nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 91342
History:
03/1885 E Hain & Son, St Ives
1901 Hain SS Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1905 Rederi A/B Kärnan (Bernhard Ingelsson), Helsingborg; renamed NORMA
26/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 26/03/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat UC69
In a position 9 miles north of Ile de la Vierge Lighthouse
On a voyage from Dakar to Dunkerque with a cargo of groundnuts


Above photo as NORMA copyright of the Peabody Museum of Salem