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Name: GWYNWOOD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/02/1899
Completed: 03/1899
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 102
Dimensions: 1084grt, 674nrt, 212.5 x 35.0 x 13.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 148nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110088
History:
03/1899 Steam Colliers Ltd (HC Pelly & Co), London
1901 William France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London
1931 Soc Napoletana Anon Imprese Marittime, Naples; renamed FUCSIA
1934 Gennaro Montella, Torre el Greco; renamed SACRO CUORE
1937 Managers Lauro & Montella
02/12/1942 Sank
Comments: 02/12/1942: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by HMS UMBRA off
Sousse (35.22N 09.45E) on a voyage from Tripoli to Trapani


Above photos showing GWYNWOOD at Blacktoft courtesy of the Charlie Hill collection

Above photo showing GWYNWOOD at Dunkerque (far left) courtesy of David Asprey