Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1919 | War Currant | British Government | |
1919 | Leicester | Anglo-European S.S. Coal & Pitwood Co. | |
1929 | Rudchester | Chesters S.S. Co. | |
1934 | Heminge | Constants Ltd. |
The steamship Heminge was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, by the German submarine U-37 (Victor Oehrn), on September 30th, 1940. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Tenerife with a cargo of coal. One crewman was lost. Master Trevor Thomas.
The steamship Heminge, originally built as the War Currant.
More detail »Looking rather the worse for wear the steamship Leicester was originally built as the War Currant.
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