| Career: | Completed by Workman Clark, Belfast, 1920 and owned by Houlder Brothers. She was in convoy HX-72 and was sunk 21 September 1940 by U100 (Joachim Schepke) position 54.55N, 18.25W, with the loss of 1 life.
Voyage Record Card [VRC_046] gives 17 April 1929 Tollesbury, 2 Feb 1930 Tollesbury, London.
VRC_047 1 February 1931 Tollesbury. 22 February 1931 Tollesbury and London.
18 June 1931 Tollesbury 12 February 1932 London.
VRC_049 29 June 1934 R. Blackwater. We do not have the next card. This visit is not mentioned in the Oyster Company ledger.
Oyster Company ledger has 1 February 1931 Arrived. Tug used.
22 February 1931 left fishery.
The ledger usually spells name as CANONESSA.
George Swieszkowski (Lloyds List) Arr 17 Apr 1929, dep 2 Feb 1930, arr 1 Feb 1931, dep 27 Feb 1931, arr 18 Jun 1931, dep 12 Feb 1932, arr 29 Jun 1934, dep 3 Jan 1935.
31 Jan 1931 arrived Tollesbury from Glasgow [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 2 Feb 1931 / BNA]
18 Jun 1931 sailed Gravesend for Tollesbury [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 19 Jun 1931]
"Haven of Rest" by Douglas Gurton lists the vessel as CANONESSA but has no further info. See DJG_SHP |
