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Name: MACCLESFIELD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/05/1914
Completed: 06/1914
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 936
Dimensions: 1018grt, 535nrt, 250.1 x 34.2 x 16.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (21.5, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 278nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136014
History:
16/06/1914 Great Central Railway Co, London; registered at Grimsby
1923 London & North Eastern Railway Co, Grimsby
1948 British Transport Commission, Grimsby
12/1958 Broken up
Comments: 1935: Operated as part of the Associated Humber Lines
12/1958: Broken up at Utrecht by Vereenigde Utrechtsche Yzerhandel


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield

Newcastle Journal, Monday, 25/05/1914