Ship: CORNISH CITY (1936-1943 General cargo ship 130m long of Leeds Shipping Co. / Reardon Smith Line : torpedoed and sunk July 1943)
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| Gross Tonnage: | 4,952 |
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Jim McVeigh contributes
Built in 1936 by Furness at Haverton Hill for The Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. 4952 gt: LBP 130.1m: Beam 17.1m: Service speed 12kts.
1937 Cornish City. Delivered to Leeds Shipping Co.
1943 Torpedoed and sunk in 27.20S:52.10E on 29th. July 1943 by U-177, whilst on passage from Lourenco Marques and Durban with a cargo of coal for Aden and Suez. Of a complement of 43, 37 lives were lost, including the Master.