SS Corinthic (1924)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Corinthic
Owner	W.H. Cockerline & Co
Port of registry	Hull
Builder	Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool
Yard number	617
Completed	June 1924
Out of service	13 April 1941
Identification	code letters KQWB (until 1933); ; Call sign GKNW (1934–41); ; UK official number 147155;
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 13 April 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	cargo steamship
Tonnage	4,823 GRT; tonnage under deck 4,513; 3,023 NRT;
Length	390.1 feet (118.9 m) p/p
Beam	55.5 feet (16.9 m)
Draught	24 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (7.43 m)
Depth	26.2 feet (8.0 m)
Installed power	442 NHP
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine;; single screw;
Crew	39 + 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.

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