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HARDINGHAM (1942)
Service dates: 1944-1945
Official number: 168314
Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 01.06.1942
- Launched.
- 09.1942
- Completed as Hardingham for Willis Steamship Company Ltd (J & C Harrison Ltd, managers), London.
- 13.12.1944
- Sold to The Hain Steamship Company Ltd without a change of name.
- 05.04.1945
- Lost by fire and explosion in the Outer Anchorage, near Colombo, whilst on a voyage from New York to Calcutta with general cargo including explosives.