Name

SOUTHBOROUGH (THE LAST VESSEL FROM THIS SHIPYARD)

Type

Cargo

Yard Number

689

Launched

28/08/1924

Completed

10/1924

Off. Number

148275

Engine builder

Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees

Engine type

T 3 cyl.

GRT

4542

Length (feet)

399.5

Beam (feet)

53

First owner

Hazelwood Shipping Co. Ltd. (Humphries (Cardiff) Ltd.), Cardiff

History

1933 SHREWSBURY, Alexander Shipping Co. Ltd. (Capper, Alexander & Co.), London

Fate

12/02/1941 shelled and sunk by German cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER in 36.46N 20.12W on passage Rosario for U.K. with wheat and linseed.