| Name: | YORKWOOD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/05/1936 |
| Completed: | 07/1936 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 602 |
| Dimensions: | 5401grt, 3150nrt, 438.9 x 55.8 x 24.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 65 x 42ins) + exhaust turbine, 443nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 164829 |
| History: | |
| 07/1936 | Constantine Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| 08/01/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 08/01/1943: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U507 in 04.10S - 35.30W |
| on a voyage from Durban and Table Bay to Parana and the UK in ballast |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Photoship