SS Chulmleigh
British merchant ship lost on the Kola Run (1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Chulmleigh was a British merchant ship of the mid-20th century. She was in service during the first years of the Second World War and was lost in November 1942 on Operation FB, a series of individual sailings from Iceland to northern Russia. The ship ran aground on Sørkapp at the south end of Svalbard. The survivors underwent a 6-week ordeal before being rescued; only the master and eight crewmen survived.
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Name | SS Chulmleigh |
Owner |
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Builder | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Southwick |
Yard number | 238 |
Launched | 8 December 1937 |
Completed | May 1938 |
Fate | Wrecked on 5 November 1942 |
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Tonnage |
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Length | 447.2 ft (136.3 m) |
Beam | 56.2 ft (17.1 m) |
Draught | 26.8 ft (8.2 m) |
Installed power | 502 nhp |
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