| Name: | SILVERPINE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/05/1924 |
| Completed: | 06/1924 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1231 |
| Dimensions: | 5122grt, 3085nrt, 400.3 x 55.3 x 26.3ft; |
| (1935: 5066grt, 3191nrt, 401.0 x 55.3 x 26.3ft) | |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Neptune type, 6cyl (22.5 x 45ins), 526nhp; |
| (1935: Oil engine, 2SCDA, 4cyl (27.5 x 47.25ins), 1052mn) | |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker; |
| (1935: Richardsons, Westgarth Co Ltd, Hartlepool) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots; (1935: 13.0knots) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147671 |
| History: | |
| 16/06/1924 | Mount Steamship Co Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd), London |
| 1925 | Silver Line Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd), London |
| 05/12/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1935: Stern re-modelled resulting in hull being lengthened by 0.7ft |
| 1935: Re-engined by Richardsons, Westgarth Co Ltd at Hartlepool | |
| This engine was to R&W's own design was still considered to be "experimental" | |
| 05/12/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by Italian submarine ARGO, | |
| 300 miles west of Ireland at position 54.14N - 18.08W | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to New York in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Monday, 05/05/1924
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Monday, 18/05/1936
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 25/04/1936