Mytongate 1938

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	MYTONGATE
Type:	Cargo ship
Launched:	17/01/1938
Completed:	26/01/1938
Builder:	Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard:	Willington Quay
Yard Number:	36
Dimensions:	410grt, 215nrt, 155.5 x 26.2 x 7.9ft
Engines:	Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (280 x 424mm), 70nhp;
	(1948: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 5cyl (233 x 420mm), 99mn)
Engines by:	Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG, Koln-Deutz;
	(1948: A/B Atlas-Diesel, Stockholm)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	165696

History:
26/01/1938	Hull Gates Shipping Co, Hull
1964	Unknown owner, The Netherlands
	No later history known

Comments:	1948: Re-engined with an engine that was manufactured in 1946
	1964: To be converted to an inland waterways dredger
	The Cleland shipyard had a close relationship with Hull Gates through a common shareholding by the Craggs family, who were also connected to the Goole shipyard.