SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | CHILTON |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 798 |
| Launched | 01/09/1924 |
| Completed | 01/1925 |
| Off. Number | 148110 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 2125 |
| Length (feet) | 280 |
| Beam (feet) | 41.6 |
| First owner | Durham S.S. Co. Ltd. (T. Smith & Co.), Newcastle |
| History | 1929 Witherington & Everett, Newcastle |
| 1935 SEVEN SEAS SOUND, Good Hope Shipping Co. (Walter Vaughn (Cardiff) Ltd.), Cardiff | |
| 1937 LEADGATE, Consett Iron Co. Ltd. (Wm. Dickinson & Co.), Newcastle | |
| Fate | 08/03/1943 torpedoed by U.642 in about 57.30N 27.20W on passage St. John NB & Halifax for Liverpool with flour, posted missing with all hands. |
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