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Name: CHATHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/12/1905
Completed: 03/1906
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 763
Dimensions: 3653grt, 2543nrt, 370.4 x 51.0 x 22.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 458nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120675
History:
1905 Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London
1912 Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Hamburg
1914 Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Bayonne; renamed CALORIA
1923 Vaccaro Brothers & Co, New Orleans
1924 Standard Fruit & SS Co Inc, New Orleans
1934 Standard Navigation Corp (Standard Fruit & SS Co Inc)
1947 Broken up
Comments: 1912: Converted to a tanker
05/08/1914: Arrived at New Orleans & transferred to USA flag
3Q/1947: Broken up at Mobile by Liberty Industrial Salvage


Above photo as CHATHAM is courtesy of Photoship