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PETREL (1920)

Service dates: 1920-1941

Official number: 145095

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

01.09.1920
Launched.
16.11.1920
Completed as Petrel for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
26.09.1941
Torpedoed and sunk by U124 in convoy HG 73 in the North Atlantic (47°40’N-23°28’W) with a loss of 22 lives.


Ship technical details (PDF)