SS Gasfire

History
United Kingdom
Name	Gasfire
Owner	Gas Light and Coke Company
Operator	Stephenson, Clarke & Assoc Cos
Port of registry	London
Route	Tyneside — London
Builder	SP Austin & Son, Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number	338
Completed	October 1936
Identification	UK official number 164730 Call sign GZCT
Fate	Sunk by mine, 21 June 1941
General characteristics
Tonnage	1936–40: 2,972 GRT tonnage under deck 2,268 1,747 NRT 1940–41: 3,001 GRT tonnage under deck 2,269 1,753 NRT
Length	318.4 ft (97.0 m)
Beam	45.7 ft (13.9 m)
Draught	19 ft 10+1⁄2 in (6.06 m)
Depth	20.0 ft (6.1 m)
Installed power	259 NHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion engine; single screw
Armament	(as DEMS)
Notes	sister ship: Mr. Therm

SS Gasfire was a British steam collier of the Gas Light and Coke Company (GLCC). She was built in Sunderland in 1936, survived severe damage from being torpedoed in 1940 and was sunk by a mine in the North Sea in 1941.