Name: | TYNE BELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1919 |
Completed: | 03/1920 |
Builder: | Charles Rennoldson & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 193 |
Dimensions: | 1535grt, 827nrt, 240.0 x 36.2 x 19.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 30 & 50 x 33ins), 174nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144452 |
History: | |
23/03/1920 | Redington Shipping Co (Pile & Co), London |
1921 | Edward T Lindley, London; renamed HILLFERN |
1922 | Portsmouth Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
1932 | John Kelly Ltd, Belfast |
1936 | Bramhall Steamship Co Ltd, Belfast |
1936 | Derwent Steam Shipping Co (Anthony & Bainbridge, Newcastle) |
1937 | Angel Son & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
31/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/12/1919: Launched as WAR CHELMER for the Shipping Controller, UK Government |
31/10/1940: Lost, believed by mine, 35 miles NNW of Kinnaird Head | |
On a voyage from Sunderland to Cork with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as HILLFERN is courtesy of George Robinson