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Name: BACCHUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/06/1920
Completed: 09/1920
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 911
Dimensions: 5047grt, 3170nrt, 386.7 x 52.5 x 26.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 453nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a: (1929: 148690)
History:
09/1920 Soc "Les Affréteurs Reunis" (Jean Stern), Rouen
06/10/1925 Oxford Steamship Co Ltd (Japp, Hatch & Co Ltd), London; renamed CHELMA
1927 Cie Française de Nav à Vapeur (Cyprien Fabre), Marseille
1931 Cie Generale de Nav à Vapeur (Fabre Line), Marseille
1948 Cie de Navigation Cyprien Fabre, Marseille
1952 Sosimar - Soc Siciliana Imprese Marittime, Palermo; renamed GIBILROSSA
1956 Maritima Panabil SA (E Ferrer, Bilbao), Panama; renamed MABBGO
04/01/1960 Broken up
Comments: 04/01/1960: Arrived at Antwerp for breaking up


Above photo as CHELMA is courtesy of Photoship

Jarrow Express, Friday, 18/06/1920