War Currant

Names and owners

Year	Name	Owner
1919	War Currant	British Government
1919	Leicester	Anglo-European S.S. Coal & Pitwood Co.
1929	Rudchester	Chesters S.S. Co.
1934	Heminge	Constants Ltd.

Fate

The steamship Heminge was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, by the German submarine U-37 (Victor Oehrn), on September 30th, 1940. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Tenerife with a cargo of coal. One crewman was lost. Master Trevor Thomas.