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Name: CADUCEUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/10/1927
Completed: 11/1927
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 227
Dimensions: 4364grt, 2645nrt, 400.4 x 53.0 x 25.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 410nhp
Engines by: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149447
History:
11/1927 Hall Bros Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1950 Wallem & Co Ltd, Hong Kong
1951 Renamed VICTORIA PEAK
1951 Nangoku Senpaku KK, Tokyo; renamed YUHO MARU
1954 Daiwa Kisen KK, Tokyo
1955 Nitto Shosen KK, Tokyo
1956 Kusakabe Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed RISSHUN MARU
24/09/1962 Broken up
Comments: 24/09/1962: Broken up at Onomichi, Japan


Above photo as CADUCEUS is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as CADUCEUS is courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as YUHO MARU is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection