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Name: TREVALGAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/07/1911
Completed: 09/1911
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 421
Dimensions: 4185grt, 2672nrt, 363.0 x 51.0 x 26.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 385nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133211
History:
28/08/1911 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
28/08/1929 Nicolas G Kyriakides, Andros; renamed GEORGIOS KYRIAKIDES
1938 Heirs of the late Nicolas G Kyriakides
30/06/1940 Sank
Comments: 30/06/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47, 400 miles W of Land's End
On a voyage from Macoris to Liverpool with a cargo of bagged sugar


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

Above photo as GEORGIOS KYRIAKIDES is courtesy of Stuart Smith

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 27/07/1911