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Name: CITY OF OXFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/07/1926
Completed: 12/1926
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1291
Dimensions: 2759grt, 1633nrt, 326.7 x 46.4 x 20.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 306nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 149600
History:
12/1926 Ellerman Lines Ltd (G Smith), Liverpool
1937 Managers Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd
15/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 15/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U552 400 miles west of
Coruna at position 43.42N - 18.12W
On a voyage from Huelva & Lisbon to Garston with a cargo of ore & cork


Above photo courtesy of Photoship