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Name: TREGARTHEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/05/1913
Completed: 06/1913
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 434
Dimensions: 4263grt, 2722nrt, 369.9 x 51.1 x 26.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 385nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133218
History:
25/06/1913 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1933 Neptun Sea Navigation Co Ltd (B Burger), Budapest; renamed KELET
19/08/1940 Sank
Comments: 19/08/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UA, 720 miles W of Land's End
On a voyage from Port Talbot to Tampa in ballast


Above photo as TREGARTHEN is courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as KELET is courtesy of Hungarian Shipregister

Above photo as KELET is courtesy of József Horváth

Above photo as KELET is courtesy of Hungarian Shipregister