British cargo steamship that was destroyed in the 1943 air raid on Bari
History
United Kingdom
Name
Testbank
Namesake
River Test
Owner
Bank Line
Operator
Andrew Weir & Co
Port of registry
Glasgow
Builder
J Readhead & Sons, S Shields
Yard number
510
Launched
6 September 1937
Completed
6 November 1937
Identification
UK official number 165919
Call sign GDDZ
Fate
Sunk, 2 December 1943
General characteristics
Type
Cargo ship
Tonnage
5,083 GRT, 2,981 NRT
Length
423.7 ft (129.1 m)
Beam
56.7 ft (17.3 m)
Draught
25 ft 0+1⁄4 in (7.63 m)
Depth
24.8 ft (7.6 m)
Decks
1
Installed power
524 NHP
Propulsion
1 × Propeller
1 × triple-expansion engine
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h)
Crew
1943: 75, including DEMS gunners
Sensors and processing systems
Echo sounding device
Notes
Sister ships: Tielbank, Teviotbank
SS Testbank was a British cargo steamship that was built in England in 1937 and sunk with heavy loss of life in the air raid on Bari in December 1943. She was the first of two Bank Line cargo ships to be called Testbank. The second was a motor ship that was built in 1961, sold and renamed in 1978, and scrapped in 1987.[1]
^"Testbank". Wear Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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Andrew Weir & Co
