| Name: | GRACEFIELD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/07/1928 |
| Completed: | 08/1928 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1274 |
| Dimensions: | 4631grt, 2852nrt, 390.0 x 53.5 x 25.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 36.5 & 70 x 48ins), 457nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149477 |
| 08/08/1928 | Confield Steamship Co (EJ Sutton), Newcastle |
| 14/07/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/07/1940: Scuttled by the German auxiliary cruiser THOR, 400 miles off Rio de Janeiro |
| On a voyage from Montevideo to London with a cargo of grain |
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