RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | FARNWORTH |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 651 |
| Launched | 20/03/1917 |
| Completed | 06/1917 |
| Off. Number | 140672 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 5896 |
| Length (feet) | 400.3 |
| Beam (feet) | 51.6 |
| First owner | Dalgliesh S.S. Co. Ltd. (R. S. Dalgliesh), Newcastle |
| History | 1924 ILLINOIS, Harlem S.S. Co. Ltd. (F. Newsom), Newcastle |
| 1926 Cie. Générale Transatlantique, Le Havre | |
| 1934 MOUNT PENTELIKON, Kulukundis Bros., Piraeus | |
| 1935 Kulukundis Shipping Co. S.A., Piraeus | |
| 1939 GLORIA, "Orion" Schiffahrts GmbH, Rostock | |
| 21/10/1939 captured by HMS SHEFFIELD when 10 miles off the coast of Iceland, on passage La Plata for Germany with wheat | |
| 1940 EMPIRE CONVEYOR, Ministry of Shipping (H. Hogarth & Sons), London | |
| Fate | 20/06/1940 torpedoed by U.122 in 56.16N 18.10W on passage Montreal for Manchester with wheat. |
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