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Name: BARON INVERCLYDE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/09/1953
Completed: 01/1954
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 576
Dimensions: 5479grt, 2896nrt, 438.4 x 57.5 x 25.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins) + LP turbine, 3800ihp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180207
History:
24/12/1953 Kelvin Shipping Co Ltd (H Hogarth & Sons Ltd), Ardrossan
1963 Medship Corporation, Monrovia; renamed JOHN MARIS
1969 Marine Express Transport Corp, Monrovia; renamed SAINT JOHN
1970 Metropolitan Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed GIANNIS
19/06/1972 Broken up
Comments: 19/06/1972: Arrived at Bilbao for breaking up by Hierros Arbulu


Above photo as BARON INVERCLYDE is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as BARON INVERCLYDE is copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection

Above photo as JOHN MARIS is copyright of Hans-Wilhelm Delfs

Above photo as JOHN MARIS is courtesy of Photoship