FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name CHEVINGTON
Type Cargo
Yard Number 39
Launched 20/03/1923
Completed 05/1923
Off. Number 145524
Engine builder Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull
Engine type T 3-cyl
GRT 1537
Length (feet) 244.8
Beam (feet) 38
First owner Broomhill Collieries Ltd., Newcastle
History 07/12/1923 in collision with ALICE BUSSE near Cuxhaven, Germany
1931 Broomhill Steamships Ltd., Newcastle
   
Fate 12/10/1941 torpedoed and sunk by German E-boat off Lowestoft (52.59N 01.52E) on passage London for Grangemouth with cement.

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