SS Gracechurch
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SS Gracechurch was a UK 4,318 GRT cargo ship built by William Doxford & Sons at Pallion on Wearside in 1930.[2] She twice changed owners and names, becoming SS Peebles in 1933 and SS Mill Hill in 1936. She was sunk by a German submarine in August 1940.
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Name | Gracechurch[1] |
Owner | Gracechurch Shipping Co.[1] |
Operator | James, Muers & Co.[1] |
Port of registry | London[2] |
Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland[2][3] |
Launched | 25 February 1930[3] |
Completed | April 1930[2][3] |
Out of service | 1933[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold[1] |
Name | Peebles[4] |
Owner | B.J. Sutherland & Co[1] |
Operator | B.J. Sutherland & Co |
Port of registry | Newcastle-upon-Tyne[1] |
Acquired | 1933[1] |
Out of service | 1936[1] |
Fate | Sold |
Name | Mill Hill[4] |
Namesake | Mill Hill, north London |
Owner | Mill Hill Steam Ship Co, Ltd.[4] |
Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1][3] |
Port of registry | Newcastle-upon-Tyne[4] |
Acquired | 1936[1] |
Identification | |
Fate | Sunk by torpedo 30 August 1940[1][3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 320.4 ft (97.7 m)[2] |
Beam | 52.9 ft (16.1 m)[2] |
Height | 24.9 ft (7.6 m)[2] |
Installed power | 368 NHP[2] |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine;[2] single screw |
Crew | 34[3] |
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