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History
Name
  • Oakmere
  • Bazan
  • Thorpehall
Owner
  • Watson Steamship Co. (1910–1916)
  • Lever Brothers (1916–1917)
  • Bromport Steamship Co. (1917–1923)
  • MacAndrews and Co. (1923–1936)
  • Westcliffe Shipping Co. (1936–1938)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom Liverpool
  • United Kingdom London
BuilderSunderland Shipbuilding Co., Sunderland, England
Launched8 June 1910
Completed13 July 1910
IdentificationOfficial number: 124289
FateSunk by aircraft, 25 May 1938
General characteristics
TypeFreighter
Tonnage
  • 1,251 gross register tons (GRT)
  • 744 net register tons (NRT)
Length260 ft (79.2 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught15.9 ft (4.8 m)
Installed power
  • 173 nhp
  • 950 ihp (710 kW)
Propulsion1 screw propeller; 1 triple-expansion steam engine
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

SS Thorpehall was a small freighter built before the First World War. Completed in 1910, she was intended for the West African trade. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship was sunk by Nationalist bombers in May 1938.

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