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. |
From collection of John Hardy
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