SILVERAY - 1925

[northeast]

1925, 4535grt
J.L.Thompson, Sunderland (554) for the Silver Line (Stanley & John Thompson)
Torpedoed by U.751 on 4/2/1942, 43.54N 64.16W, Liverpool via Halifax for New York

[fitter]

Build cost £151,119 Doxford 580L3 engine, no 153, 2255 BHP @ 90RPM. The very last design of Doxford engine was the 580J3, one of which is at Beamish.
Carrying general cargo when sunk with loss of eight lives