SS Tregenna

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Name: SS Tregenna
Owner: Edward Hain & Son
Builder: William Gray & Company, Hartlepool
Yard number: 915
Launched: May 1, 1919
Fate: Sunk by German U-boat U-65 on September 9, 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage: 5242 GT
Length: 400.1 feet (122.0 m)
Beam: 52.3 feet (15.9 m)
Height: 28.4 feet (8.7 m)
Installed power: 517bhp (385.5kW)
Propulsion: 3-cylinder Triple expansion steam engine, built by Central Marine Engine Works, Hartlepool, UK.
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement: 37 Officers and crew

The SS Tregenna was a steam ship built by Wm. Gray and Company Ltd for Edward Hain & Son of St Ives, UK. Originally named the War Bulldog, she was renamed before completion in 1919.

On the 17 September, 1940 the SS Tregenna was sunk by German U-boat U-65 whilst travelling in convoy 78 miles North West of Rockall. 33 of the 37 crew aboard were killed, including the Master, William Thomas Care. She was en-route from Halifax to Newport, United Kingdom carrying 8,000 tons of steel. The four survivors were rescued by the ship travelling astern of her in the convoy.

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Coordinates: 58°22′N 15°42′W / 58.367°N 15.7°W / 58.367; -15.7