CORMULL

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CORMULL

Postby Keelman » Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:06 pm

Cormull .jpg
Completed by S P Austin & Sons, Sunderland, in 1942 for Wm. Cory & Sons Ltd.
Steam reciprocating machinery - 2865grt
She underwent repairs eight months after her completion having sustained heavy damage after hitting a mine off Yarmouth
1946 Transferred to Coastwise Colliers and renamed COLDHARBOUR
1949 Transferred back to Wm. Cory and renamed CORMULL
1960 Sold to the Don Hermanos Corporation , Piraeus, renamed CHRISTAKIS
1965 On November 30th she was beached after being in collision with the Greek vessel MAIROULA five miles south of Canakkale in the Dardanelles. Refloated on November 11th and taken to Ambelaki for inspection. Declared a constructive total loss and broken up locally
Picture taken as she was inbound shortly before her sale in 1960
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