Name: | DENNISTOUN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/03/1919 |
Completed: | 05/1919 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 10 |
Dimensions: | 5294grt, 3150nrt, 400.0 x 52.4 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 513nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142832 |
History: | |
16/05/1919 | Shankland, Russell & Co, Newcastle |
1919 | British & South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd (RP Houston & Co), Liverpool |
1919 | Renamed HALIARTUS |
1931 | Managers became Houston Line (London) Ltd |
04/05/1932 | Wrecked |
Comments: | A wartime standard ‘B’ class cargo ship |
1919: Laid down for the Shipping Controller as WAR MOORHEN | |
04/05/1932: Wrecked at Bull Point, 22 miles west of Mossel Bay | |
On a voyage from the Tees, Antwerp & London to Beira carrying general cargo |
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Above photo as HALIARTUS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HALIARTUS is courtesy of Photoship