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Name: TRENEGLOS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/11/1917
Completed: 03/1918
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 456
Dimensions: 5768grt, 2766nrt, 400.1 x 52.1 x 25.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 488nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 137869
History:
27/02/1918 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1935 MJ Lyras & Co, Piraeus; renamed GALAXIAS
1938 Galaxias Steamship Co Ltd, Piraeus
23/05/1940 Sank
Comments: 23/05/1940: Sank after being bombed at Dieppe
1949 - 1950: Wreck removed


Above photo showing GALAXIAS at Dieppe is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle