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mv SHILLONG
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 562
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Diesel, 14 knots
Launched: Thursday, 11/08/1938
Built: 1939
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5529 grt | 9250 dwt
Length: 442.2 feet
Breadth: 57.9 feet
Draught: 25.7 feet
Owner History:
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 04/04/1943
Remarks: War loss
torpedoed in N Atlantic by U.635 off Cape Farewell
72 lost including her master Capt J.H.Hollow who died in one of the boats the following day from exposure.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid
Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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