Name: | TUNISIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/04/1927 |
Completed: | 02/06/1927 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 483 |
Dimensions: | 4337grt, 2693nrt, 370.2 x 52.3 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143988 |
History: | |
02/06/1927 | La Tunisien Steam Navigation Co Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), Swansea |
04/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/08/1941: Bombed & sunk 250 miles west of Ireland |
On a voyage from Pepel to Workington with a cargo of manganese & iron ores |