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Name: GANANDOC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/03/1929
Completed: 04/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1383
Dimensions: 1924grt, 1144nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 161511
History:
04/1929 Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle & Fort William, Ontario
1942 US War Shipping Admin (Alcoa SS Co Inc), Panama
1948 Wallem & Co Ltd, Panama & Hong Kong
1954 NM Paterson & Sons Ltd, Fort William, Ontario
1961 Sandland Ships Ltd, Nassau (Ahern Shipping Ltd, Montreal)
1961 Renamed SUGARLAND
20/11/1961 Wrecked
Comments: 20/11/1961: Wrecked on Arcas Reef off Campeche Bay, 80 miles from Port Campeche
On a voyage from Tampa to Coatzacoalcos with a cargo of phosphate rock


Above photo as GANANDOC copyright of Bowling Green State University