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Name: JOSEPH P BURKE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/02/1929
Completed: 04/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1375
Dimensions: 1926grt, 1147nrt, 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: 149499
History:
04/1929 Sarnia Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Newcastle & Port Colborne
1951 Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colbirne
1952 Renamed R H MARSHALL
1959 Scott Misener Steamships Ltd, Port Colborne
1961 Broken up
Comments: Q4/1961: Broken up at Desoronto, Ontario by Crawford Metal Co Ltd


Above photo as JOSEPH P BURKE copyright of Bowling Green State University

Above photo as JOSEPH P BURKE courtesy of Photoship