| Name: | BRIARWOOD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/05/1930 |
| Completed: | 07/1930 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 415 |
| Dimensions: | 4013grt, 2420nrt, 364.8 x 51.0 x 24.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 65 x 42ins), 411nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 160733 |
| History: | |
| 26/07/1930 | Constantine Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| 1932 | Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| 1945 | Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields |
| 1946 | Renamed GARDENIA |
| 1964 | Amfitriti Cia Nav SA (JP Katsoulakos), Panama; renamed AIS NICOLAS |
| 1965 | Astrosplendor Cia Nav SA (NJ Nomikos), Panama |
| 1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 20/10/1968: Engine room fire at Suez |
| Subsequently declared a "total loss" | |
| 1968: Broken up at Port Said by Adly Makari |
Above photo as BRIARWOOD is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as GARDENIA is copyright of Fred Sankoff
Above photo as GARDENIA is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection
Above photo as GARDENIA is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as GARDENIA is copyright of John Low & Marc Piche. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return