SS Tregenna
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | SS Tregenna |
| Owner: | Edward Hain & Son |
| Builder: | William Gray & Company, Hartlepool |
| Yard number: | 915 |
| Launched: | 1 May 1919 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-65 on 9 September 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamship |
| Tonnage: | 5,242 GT |
| Length: | 400 ft 1.2 in (122.0 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft 3.6 in (15.9 m) |
| Height: | 28 ft 4.8 in (8.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 517 ihp (386 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder Triple expansion steam engine, built by Central Marine Engine Works, Hartlepool, England |
| Speed: | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 37 officers and crew |
The SS Tregenna was a steamship built by Wm. Gray and Company Ltd. for Edward Hain & Son of St Ives, England. Originally named the War Bulldog, she was renamed before completion in 1919.
In August 1921, Tregenna reported sighting the wreckage of a Farman Goliath aircraft of SNETA that had ditched in the English Channel.[1]
On 17 September 1940, the SS Tregenna was sunk by U-65 while travelling in convoy 78 mi (68 nmi; 126 km) north-west of Rockall. Thirty-three of the 37 crew aboard were killed, including the Master, William Thomas Care. She was en route from Halifax to Newport, Wales, carrying 8,000 short tons (7,300 t) of steel. The four survivors were rescued by the ship travelling astern of her in the convoy.
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References
- ↑ "Wreck of an Air Mail" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 August 1921. (42810), col F, p. 9.
Coordinates: 58°22′N 15°42′W / 58.367°N 15.700°W