SS Corinthic (1924)

History
United Kingdom
NameCorinthic
OwnerW.H. Cockerline & Co
Port of registryHull
BuilderIrvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool
Yard number617
CompletedJune 1924
Out of service13 April 1941
Identification
FateTorpedoed and sunk on 13 April 1941
General characteristics
Class & typecargo steamship
Tonnage
  • 4,823 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 4,513
  • 3,023 NRT
Length390.1 feet (118.9 m) p/p
Beam55.5 feet (16.9 m)
Draught24 feet 4+12 inches (7.43 m)
Depth26.2 feet (8.0 m)
Installed power442 NHP
Propulsion
Crew39 + two DEMS gunners (1941)

SS Corinthic was a British cargo steamship. She was built on Teesside in 1924, sailed in a number of convoys in the Second World War, survived an overwhelming German attack on Convoy SC 7 October 1940, but was sunk by a German U-boat off West Africa in April 1941.