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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)