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MV Putney Hill

type	Cargo ship
tonnage	‡R2R‡ tonnage under deck 4,685‡R2R‡ *‡R2R‡
length	427.6 ft‡R2R‡ p/p
beam	56.5 ft‡R2R‡
draught	26 ft‡R2R‡
depth	26.5 ft‡R2R‡
power	516 NHP‡R2R‡
propulsion	3-cylinder single-acting two-stroke diesel engine‡R2R‡ driving a single screw
crew	38‡R1R‡
armament	4 in gun‡R3R‡
notes	sister ship: MV Tower Grange

MV Putney Hill was a cargo ship completed by William Doxford & Sons Ltd in Sunderland in 1940.[1] She was owned by Putney Hill Steamships Co Ltd and managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), both of which were offshoots of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company.[4] Putney Hill was a sister ship of MV Tower Grange, which Doxford built in the same year for another CSM company, Tower Steamships Co Ltd.

Sinking

Putney Hill was sailing in ballast and unescorted in the Atlantic about 450 miles east of Puerto Rico when at 0544 hrs on 26 June 1942 the GS U-203 hit her with one torpedo[1] in the port side, breaching her no. 3 hold and port ballast tank.[3]

MV Putney Hill

Sinking

Replacement ship

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