Name: | GOODWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1927 |
Completed: | 02/1928 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 488 |
Dimensions: | 5008grt, 3089nrt, 401.2 x 55.0 x 25.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 40.5 & 67 x 45ins), 423nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147796 |
History: | |
18/01/1928 | Joseph Constantine Steamship Lines Ltd, Middlesbrough |
1936 | Drake Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed MERCHANT ROYAL |
03/07/1946 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/07/1946: Sank after collision with WILLIAM B TRAVIS, 12 miles S of Portland Bill |
Above photo as MERCHANT ROYAL is courtesy of Kevin Blair