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Name: TROISDOC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/03/1928
Completed: 04/1928
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1337
Dimensions: 1925grt, 1146nrt, 253.0 x 43.3 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Reg Number: 149462
History:
31/03/1928 Paterson Steamships Ltd, Fort William, Ontario; registered at Newcastle
1930 Registered at Fort William, Ontario
21/05/1942 Sank
Comments: 21/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U558, 40 miles west of Jamaica,
in position 18.15N - 79.20W
On a voyage from Mobile to Demerara, carrying cement & general cargo


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