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SS Kingston Hill
SS ''Kingston Hill'' was a cargo ship built by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. She was completed in December 1940.〔 She was managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company. She was a sister ship of , , and , which were also managed by CSM but owned by other R&K companies.
''Kingston Hill'' had a single 520 NHP triple-expansion steam engine〔 driving a single screw. She had eight corrugated furnaces heating two 225 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of , plus one auxiliary boiler.〔
On 22 February 1941 ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft bombed and damaged the ship.〔 She was repaired at Glasgow.〔
==Sinking==
In May 1941 ''Kingston Hill'' sailed from Cardiff and Glasgow laden with coal and general cargo for Alexandria in Egypt.〔 To avoid the enemy-controlled waters of the Mediterranean she was heading ''via'' Cape Town, South Africa, but was unescorted.〔 She was southwest of the Cape Verde Islands heading into the South Atlantic when the hit her with two torpedoes at 0108 hrs on 8 June 1941.〔 She sank at 0125 hrs with the loss of her Master and 13 crew.〔 16 crew were rescued by the Royal Navy destroyer and returned to Greenock.〔 26 crew were rescued by the US tanker ''Alabama'' and landed at Cape Town.〔
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