SS Chulmleigh

History
Name	SS Chulmleigh
Owner	Dulverton Steam Ship Company Ltd. - W. J. Tatem Ltd., London (1938–1940); Atlantic Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd (1940–1942);
Builder	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Southwick
Yard number	238
Launched	8 December 1937
Completed	May 1938
Fate	Wrecked on 5 November 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,445 gross register tons (GRT); 3,202 net register tons (NRT);
Length	447.2 ft (136.3 m)
Beam	56.2 ft (17.1 m)
Draught	26.8 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	502 nhp
Propulsion	1 – 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine (24, 40, 69 × 48in); 1 screw;

SS Chulmleigh was a British merchant ship of the mid-20th century. She was in service during the first years of the Second World War and was lost in November 1942 on Operation FB, a series of individual sailings from Iceland to northern Russia. The ship ran aground on Sørkapp at the south end of Svalbard. The survivors underwent a 6-week ordeal before being rescued; only the master and eight crewmen survived.

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