| Name: | TREKIEVE launched as WAR MALLARD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/09/1919 |
| Completed: | 11/1919 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 12 |
| Dimensions: | 5244grt, 3230nrt, 400.0 x 52.4 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 513nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142575 |
| History: | |
| 24/10/1919 | Hain Steamship Co Ltd (Foster, Hain & Read Ltd, managers), St Ives |
| 04/11/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/09/1919: Launched as WAR GANNET for the British Government |
| 04/11/1942: While en route and unescorted from Bombay to UK with general cargo she was torpedoed and sunk by U178 some 40nm east of Maputo in the Mozambique Channel. 3 lives lost. |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith