RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | BEACHY HEAD |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 647 |
| Launched | 10/08/1915 |
| Completed | 09/1915 |
| Off. Number | 139090 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 4274 |
| Length (feet) | 380 |
| Beam (feet) | 51 |
| First owner | Fargrove S.N. Co. Ltd. (Farrar, Groves & Co. Ltd.), London |
| History | 1917 GRELHEAD, Griffiths Lewis S.N. Co. Ltd. (J. C. Gould & Co.), Cardiff |
| 1920 Gould Steamships & Industrial Ltd., London | |
| 1925 The Derwen Shipping Co. Ltd. (D. G. Hall & Co.), London | |
| 1931 Heanton Shipping Co. Ltd. (W. T. Gould), London | |
| 1937 Cardigan Shipping Co. Ltd. (same manager) | |
| Fate | 02/12/1941 torpedoed by U.562 when 2 miles north of Point Negri, Morocco on passage Melilla for the U.K. with iron ore. |
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