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- SS_Thurso length "92354.4".
- SS_Thurso abstract "SS Thurso was a cargo steamship operated by Ellerman's Wilson Line. She was sunk during the Second World War by a German submarine.Thurso was built in 1919 by S. P. Austin & Sons in Sunderland. Displacing 2,436 tons she entered service with Ellerman Lines, and took part in the Second World War. Under Master William Walker, Thurso was part of Convoy HG 84 Convoy HG-84 which had left Lisbon for Liverpool, and called at Gibraltar on 9 June to join with the 36th Escort Group under the command of Captain "Johnnie" Walker.Thurso carried 850 tons of cork, general cargo, and 1,500 bags of mail for German Prisoners of War in Britain. She had a crew of 36 and six gunners.The convoy was sighted approximately 300 nautical miles to the west of Cape Finisterre early in the morning of 15 June 1942 by U-552, under Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp. Following a preliminary skirmish Topp fired three torpedoes at the convoy between 0432 and 0434 hrs. Thurso was sailing in the middle, and was one of two ships hit and sunk ; the other being the SS City of Oxford.According to an oral history recounted by Cpt. "Johnnie" Walker, the Thurso was the first to be struck by torpedoes: ... the SS Thurso in the middle of the convoy, literally exploded into fragments and for a moment seemed to disintegrate into a white, blazing ball of fire.Thirteen of Thurso's crew were lost. The Master, 22 crew members and the six gunners survived to be picked up by the corvette HMS Marigold and were landed at Greenock.".
- SS_Thurso builder Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear.
- SS_Thurso country United_Kingdom.
- SS_Thurso homeport Kingston_upon_Hull.
- SS_Thurso length "92.3544".
- SS_Thurso owner Ellerman_Lines.
- SS_Thurso shipBeam "13.1064".
- SS_Thurso status "Sunk on 15 June 1942".
- SS_Thurso thumbnail Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg?width=300.
- SS_Thurso wikiPageID "25997769".
- SS_Thurso wikiPageRevisionID "571247000".
- SS_Thurso hasPhotoCollection SS_Thurso.
- SS_Thurso shipBuilder "S.P. Austin & Son Ltd, Sunderland".
- SS_Thurso shipCompleted "1919".
- SS_Thurso shipCountry United_Kingdom.
- SS_Thurso shipCrew "36".
- SS_Thurso shipFate "--06-15".
- SS_Thurso shipFlag "60".
- SS_Thurso shipHomeport Kingston_upon_Hull.
- SS_Thurso shipName "SS Thurso".
- SS_Thurso shipOwner Ellerman_Lines.
- SS_Thurso shipPropulsion "266".
- SS_Thurso shipPropulsion "triple-expansion engines".
- SS_Thurso shipRenamed "Completed as Thurso".
- SS_Thurso shipRenamed "Launched as War Bramble".
- SS_Thurso shipTonnage "2436".
- SS_Thurso subject Category:1919_ships.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:Maritime_incidents_in_1942.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:Ships_of_the_Ellerman_Lines.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:Ships_sunk_by_German_submarines_in_World_War_II.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:Steamships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:World_War_II_merchant_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- SS_Thurso subject Category:World_War_II_shipwrecks_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean.
- SS_Thurso point "43.68333333333333 -18.033333333333335".
- SS_Thurso type 1919Ships.
- SS_Thurso type Artifact100021939.
- SS_Thurso type Bottom102878222.
- SS_Thurso type CargoShip102965300.
- SS_Thurso type Conveyance103100490.
- SS_Thurso type Craft103125870.
- SS_Thurso type Instrumentality103575240.
- SS_Thurso type Object100002684.
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- SS_Thurso type Ship104194289.
- SS_Thurso type ShipsOfTheEllermanLines.
- SS_Thurso type Shipwreck104197110.
- SS_Thurso type Steamer104309348.
- SS_Thurso type SteamshipsOfTheUnitedKingdom.
- SS_Thurso type Vehicle104524313.
- SS_Thurso type Vessel104530566.
- SS_Thurso type Whole100003553.
- SS_Thurso type WorldWarIIMerchantShipsOfTheUnitedKingdom.
- SS_Thurso type WorldWarIIShipwrecksInTheAtlanticOcean.
- SS_Thurso type MeanOfTransportation.
- SS_Thurso type Ship.
- SS_Thurso type Product.
- SS_Thurso type DesignedArtifact.
- SS_Thurso type SpatialThing.
- SS_Thurso comment "SS Thurso was a cargo steamship operated by Ellerman's Wilson Line. She was sunk during the Second World War by a German submarine.Thurso was built in 1919 by S. P. Austin & Sons in Sunderland. Displacing 2,436 tons she entered service with Ellerman Lines, and took part in the Second World War.".
- SS_Thurso label "SS Thurso".
- SS_Thurso sameAs m.0b6c_6b.
- SS_Thurso sameAs Q7394452.
- SS_Thurso sameAs Q7394452.
- SS_Thurso sameAs SS_Thurso.
- SS_Thurso lat "43.68333333333333".
- SS_Thurso long "-18.033333333333335".
- SS_Thurso wasDerivedFrom SS_Thurso?oldid=571247000.
- SS_Thurso depiction Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.
- SS_Thurso isPrimaryTopicOf SS_Thurso.
- SS_Thurso name "SS Thurso".
