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Name: ACAJUTLA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/09/1911
Completed: 10/1911
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 868
Dimensions: 1170grt, 654nrt, 215.7 x 33.5 x 19.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 174nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132623
History:
20/10/1911 Salvador Railway Co Ltd, London
1915 Pacific Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool
1946 Neill & Pandelis Ltd (GO Till), London; renamed MARATHON
1947 Pandelis Line (London) Ltd (PB Pandelis), London
1951 Naviera Latino Americana SA (PB Pandelis), San Jose
1952 Yemen Navigation Co, Hodeidah; renamed EL MOEIN
07/1960 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 24 x 1st Class passengers
1920s: Rebuilt
1946: Modernised
07/1960: Broken up at Viareggio by Augusto Lari


Above photo as MARATHON is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 26/09/1911