Category:Cornwallis (ship, 1921)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: General cargo ship
- Built by: J. Coughlan & Sons, Vancouver
- Yard No: 20
- Keel laid:
- Launched:
- Completed: 1921.10
- Length over all: 400.0 ft
- Beam: 52.4 ft
- GRT: 5458
- DWT:
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- uboat.net
- www.wrecksite.eu
- www.nauticapedia.ca
History
[edit]- 1921 Named Canadian Transporter; Flag: Canada
- Official number: 150448
- Call sign: TPWM
- Port: Vancouver
- Owner: Canadian Transporter, Ltd.
- Manager: Canadian Government Merchant Marine
- 1929 Manager: Canadian National Steamships
- 1932 Renamed Cornwallis; Flag: Canada
- Call sign: TPWM; from 1934 VGBY
- Port: Vancouver
- Owner: Canadian Transporter, Ltd.
- Manager: Canadian National Steamships
- 1942.09.11 Torpedoed by U-514 in harbor of Bridgetown, Barbados
- 1943.08 Returned to service after being raised and repaired
- 1944.12.03 Torpedoed and sunk by U-1230 at 43°59'N, 68°20'W
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Map depicting the location where the SS Cornwallis was sunk.png 907 × 907; 126 KB
