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Name: THORNLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/06/1896
Completed: 08/1896
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 213
Dimensions: 2847grt, 1827nrt, 312.2 x 41.0 x 20.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 252nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104465
History:
08/1896 Steamship Thornley Ltd (WR Rea), Belfast
1899 Glasgow Shipowners’ Co Ltd (Glen & Co), Glasgow
1912 Alexander & Mair, Glasgow; renamed PINEGROVE
11/12/1915 Sank
Comments: 11/12/1915: Mined & sunk 8 miles from Cap Gris Nez
On a voyage from Dunkerque to London in ballast
09/12/1915: Mine laid by U-Boat UC3


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 22/06/1896