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Name: CHARTERS TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/12/1889
Completed: 01/1890
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 255
Dimensions: 3041grt, 2183nrt, 300.6 x 41.5 x 21.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 62.5 x 39ins), 238nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98032
History:
01/1890 F Stumore & Co, London
1891 Miike Transport Co Ltd (Mitsui & Co), London
1895 Mitsui Bussan Gomei Kaisha, Nagasaki; renamed ARIAKE MARU
1911 Baba Goshi Kaisha, Nishinomiya
1931 Managers Tanimichi Shoken KK
1934 Broken up
Comments: Q1/1934: Broken up in Japan