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TREWELLARD (1942)

Service dates: 1944-1962

Official number: 164680

Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

16.06.1936
Launched.
25.07.1936
Ran trials.
07.1936
Completed as Trewellard for The Hain Steamship Company Ltd.
05.11.1940
Shelled and sunk by the German raider Admiral Scheer south-east of Greenland (52°26’N-32°34’W). She was part of the convoy escorted by HMS Jervis Bay which was also sunk that day. She was on a voyage from Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool with 7,800 tons of steel and 12 aeroplanes. 16 crew members were lost.


Ship technical details (PDF)