| The THOR was a 326-ton Dutch coastal motor vessel built and completed as Yard.43 by Foxhol SW at Foxhol, Holland and launched on 13 May 1937 for D.Schothorst, Zuidbroek. She measured: 40.7m by length and 7.4m across the beam. The single propeller was powered by an aft positioned 74hp, 4-cylinder diesel engine. Machinery manufactured by Mtrn Werke Mannheim A.G.
On 18 December 1943 she was on passage from Partington for Fremington carrying a cargo of coal, but capsized in heavy weather and SW gale and sank, near Warwick Point. She went over on her beam ends, but not before a distress signal was sent out, which brought out the Angle lifeboat. From a crew of ten, three men were lost.
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