Name: | ALNWICK |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/03/1928 |
Completed: | 04/1928 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1268 |
Dimensions: | 1406grt, 610nrt, 254.0 x 38.7 x 14.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.75, 35.5 & 60 x 45ins), 392nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149463 |
04/1928 | Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1935 | AS Ganger Rolf (Fred Olsen & Co, managers), Oslo; renamed BALI |
1952 | Government of Burma; renamed PYIDAWTHA |
06/05/1955 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1941: Requisitioned by the German Navy & renamed MRS 3 (minesweeper) |
09/11/1944: Sank at Dordrecht, subsequently raised. | |
07/1945: Returned to owners | |
06/05/1955: Wrecked in the Bay of Bengal, off Cheduba Island | |
On a voyage from Rangoon to Akyat with passengers & general cargo |
Above photo as ALNWICK courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BALI copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Per-Erik Johnsen collection
Above photo as BALI copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Per-Erik Johnsen collection