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TREGENNA (1917)

Service dates: 1917

Official number: 137868

Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

1917
Launched.
12.1917
Completed as Tregenna for The Hain Steamship Company Ltd.
26.12.1917
Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB57 14½km (9 miles) south of Dodman Point whilst on her maiden voyage from the River Tyne to Gibraltar carrying a cargo of coal. Only 4 out of 33 crew members survived the incident.


Ship technical details (PDF)