SS Corsea
History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Builder | Samuel Peter Austin & Son, Sunderland |
Yard number | 294 |
Launched | 18 October 1921 |
Completed | 24 November 1921 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1958 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage |
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Length | 312.5 ft (95.3 m) |
Beam | 45.3 ft (13.8 m) |
Depth | 20.8 ft (6.3 m) |
Installed power | 268 nhp |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
SS Corsea, a laden 2,674 GRT William Cory & Son collier in convoy FS 32 on 11 November 1940, was damaged by a Junkers Ju 87 Stuka bomber. There were no casualties, and the ship reached the Thames safely. Two other colliers in the same convoy (SS Colonel Crompton and SS Corduff) were bombed by the same Luftwaffe group at the same time.[1]
References[]
- ^ (Sources--Nat Archive files ADM 199/375, ADM 199/1601, Lloyd's Lists, HMSO Lists of Shipping Losses).
Categories:
- World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom
- Colliers
- 1921 ships
- Merchant ships of Finland
- Ships built on the River Wear
- Maritime incidents in November 1940
- Merchant ship stubs