SS Gracechurch was a United Kingdom cargo ship built by William Doxford & Sons at Pallion on Wearside in 1930.[2] She twice changed owners and names, becoming SS Peebles in 1933 and SS Mill Hill in 1936. She was sunk by a German submarine in August 1940.
Engines
The ship had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 187 sqft feeding three 180 psi single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 6105 sqft.[2]
Names and owners
Gracechurch was first owned by Gracechurch Shipping Co of Newcastle and managed by James, Muers & Co of Cardiff.[1] In 1933 she was sold to B.J. Sutherland & Co who renamed her Peebles.