Built at South Shields by John Readhead and Sons, Ltd in 1937. She was the 4th of a 5 ship order placed just before WW2 started. They were TIELBANK (torpedoed in 1941) TESTBANK (sunk at Bari after an explosion nearby)THORNLIEBANK ( Torpedoed in 1941) THURSOBANK (Torpedoed in 1942). Only the TIELBANK made it safely to the breakers in 1971 after 33 years continuous service.
This Tielbank must have either been lost or sold out of the fleet as in the 1950’s there was A Liberty Ship named the Tielbank in the Bank Line fleet.
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TORPEDOED IN 1941
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