| Name: | ZURICHMOOR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 22/07/1925 |
| Completed: | 09/1925 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 480 |
| Dimensions: | 4455grt, 2768nrt, 371.8 x 55.3 x 26.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 460nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 148669 |
| History: | |
| 31/08/1925 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 24/05/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Designed & built with corrugated side plating |
| 24/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U432, 400 miles east of Philadelphia | |
| On a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to St Thomas in ballast | |
| Total complement of 45 crew died |
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Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 02/09/1925
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 05/09/1925
Above comment is courtesy of Roy Fenton