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Name: BITTERN
Type Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/06/1920
Completed: 09/1920
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1116
Dimensions: 1899grt, 939nrt, 290.0 x 42.6 x 19.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 318nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143483
History:
09/1920 Cork Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cork
1922 British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
1940 Renamed IMBER
14/09/1954 Broken up
Comments: 14/09/1954: Broken up at Antwerp


Above photo as BITTERN courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as IMBER courtesy of Photoship