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TREGARTHEN (1936)

Service dates: 1936-1941

Official number: 164706

Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

30.07.1936
Launched.
09.09.1936
Ran trials.
09.1936
Completed as Tregarthen for The Hain Steamship Company Ltd.
06.06.1941
Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U48, west of Cape Race (46°17’N-36°20’W). She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Kingston, Jamaica carrying 7,800 tons of coal. Her crew of 45 were lost.


Ship technical details (PDF)