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Name: KIRNWOOD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/10/1927
Completed: 01/1928
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 487
Dimensions: 3741grt, 2272nrt, 366.5 x 52.5 x 22.0ft; (1935: 3829grt, 2357nrt, 389.6ft)
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 61.5 x 45ins), 334nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147794
History:
01/1928 Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough
10/12/1941 Sank
Comments: 1935: Lengthened & fitted with a maierform bow
10/12/1941: Torpedoed & sunk 500 miles south of Iceland


Above photo, showing her original bow form, is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is copyright of John Clarkson