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Name: JAMESON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/02/1924
Completed: 04/1924
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 221
Dimensions: 3585grt, 2205nrt, 360.0 x 50.0 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 370nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147610
History:
27/03/1924 Kaye Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Kaye, Son & Co Ltd), London
1934 Coolham Steamship Co Ltd (Kaye, Son & Co Ltd), London; renamed JOYOUS
14/04/1940 Wrecked
Comments: 1934: Exhaust turbine fitted
14/04/1940: Beached after a collision with Argentine steam tanker
INGENEIRO LUIS A HUERGO at Km 472 in the River Parana
On a voyage from Santa Fe via Buenos Aires to Liverpool with a cargo of maize


Above photo as JAMESON is courtesy of Photoship