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Name: EASTVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/10/1925
Completed: 11/1925
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 481
Dimensions: 3709grt, 2282nrt, 347.0 x 49.1 x 25.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 328nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149401
History:
13/11/1925 Balls & Stansfield Ltd, Newcastle
1937 Pool Shipping Co Ltd (Sir R Ropner & Co Ltd), West Hartlepool
1937 Renamed EASTPOOL
1938 Muhip Ozyigit, Istanbul; renamed DEMIR
1939 Sosyetesilep Turk Anonim Sirketi, Istanbul
1942 TC Munakalat Vekaleti Devlet Denizyollari Isletme UM, Istanbul
1952 Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul
1955 DB Deniz Nakliyati TAO, Istanbul
20/04/1963 Broken up
Comments: 20/04/1963: Broken up at Kalafatyeri by O Karasular


Above photo as EASTVILLE is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as EASTVILLE is copyright of Leslie W Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 07/11/1925