SS Corduff
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SS Corduff, a laden 2,345 GRT collier in East Coast convoy FS 32, was damaged, though without casualties, in an attack by Stuka divebomber aircraft in the Barrow Deep on 11 November 1940.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Corduff |
| Owner | William Cory & Son Ltd, London |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend |
| Yard number | 1221 |
| Launched | 6 November 1923 |
| Completed | December 1923 |
| Fate | Sunk on 7 March 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 284.5 ft (86.7 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Depth | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
| Installed power | 247 nhp |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
On the night of 7/8 March 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by German E-boat S28 while heading north with a convoy off Cromer. Seven of her crew were lost, and, after drifting for some hours and being hailed by the E-boat captain, the other 14 (including Captain Rees) were found by the Cromer lifeboat H F Bailey. It was the night of the most successful E-boat raid on East Coast merchant shipping, with six other ships sunk. Corduff belonged to William Cory & Son Ltd.