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Name: INDEPENDENCIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/09/1905
Completed: 11/1905
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 776
Dimensions: 1100grt, 589nrt, 210.0 x 32.2 x 11.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 30ins), 127nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1928: 160399)
History:
11/1905 Lloyd Bahia Blanca SA de Navegacion a Vapor, Bahia Blanca
1909 Marine Mercante Argentina SA de Nav, Bahia Blanca
1918 Service Maritime de Protectorat du Maroc (P Castanie), Casablanca
1921 Managers Union d'Entreprises Marocaines: renamed CHELLAH
1922 Cia de Nav Caregadores Acoreanos, Ponta Delgada
1922 Renamed GONCALHO VELHO
1928 Luke, Thomas & Co Ltd, London; renamed VELHO
1928 Cowasjee, Dinshaw & Bros, London & Aden
02/1957 Broken up
Comments: 16/02/1957: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up
02/1957: Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co


Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/09/1905