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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.


Above photo is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo is copyright of Ray Perry