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TREVELYAN (1919)

Service dates: 1919-1923

Official number: 142569

Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

01.05.1919
Launched.
07.1919
Completed as War Quince for the Shipping Controller.
07.1919
Purchased by The Hain Steamship Company Ltd and renamed Trevelyan.
22.03.1923
Sold for £24,000 to Kelvin Shipping Company Ltd, Glasgow (H Hogarth & Sons, managers) and renamed Baron Herries.
1934
Sold to Abbey Line Ltd, Cardiff, (Frederick Jones & Sons, managers) and renamed Neath Abbey.
1939
Sold to Constants (South Wales) Ltd, Cardiff (M Constant, manager) and renamed Lyminge.
1946
Sold to Wheelock, Marden & Co Ltd, London.
1947
Sold to San Peh Steam Navigation Company Ltd, registered under Hoong On Steam Navigation Company Ltd, China, and renamed Tung Shan.
15.08.1949
Bombed and sunk by Chinese Nationalist aircraft in the Yangtze River 96km (60 miles) from Shanghai whilst on a voyage from Shanghai to Pukow in ballast.


Ship technical details (PDF)