| Name: | PETER G CAMPBELL |
| Type: | Tank Barge |
| Launched: | 12/04/1933 |
| Completed: | 04/1933 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1485 |
| Dimensions: | 720grt, 174.0 x 34.0 x 14.9ft; (1935: 836grt, 649nrt, 178.9 x 34.1 x 14.9ft) |
| Engines: | None; (1935: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 8cyl (300 x 400mm), 891nhp) |
| Engines by: | n/a; (1935: Sulzer Bros, Winterthur) |
| Propulsion: | None; (1935: 2 x Screws, 7.0knots) |
| Reg Number: | 161572 |
| History: | |
| 10/04/1933 | Dominion Tankers Ltd, Toronto; registered at Newcastle |
| 1934 | Florence Transportation Co Ltd, Toronto; registered at Toronto |
| 1935 | Tankers Ltd (Dominion Tankers Ltd, managers), Toronto |
| 1940 | Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd, Toronto |
| 1950 | Renamed RIVERSHELL |
| 1960 | Arthur R Hill, Burlington, Ontario; renamed GOOD HOPE |
| 1961 | Emma M Hill, Burlington, Ontario |
| 1962 | RW Smith, Toronto |
| 1962 | Johnstone Shipping Ltd (British American Oil Co Ltd, managers), Toronto |
| 1962 | Renamed B A SENTINEL |
| 1969 | Managers became Gulf Oil Co Ltd; renamed GULF SENTINEL |
| 1974 | Renamed RIVERSHELL |
| 1976 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1933: The largest all-welded vessel constructed in Europe at the time |
| 1935: Converted to screw propulsion at Montreal | |
| 1946: Forward accommodation block added | |
| 1962: Converted to a bunkering tanker by Ship Repairs & Supplies Ltd, Toronto | |
| 1976: Broken up by United Metals at Hamilton, Ontario |
Above photo showing PETER G CAMPBELL on the berth is courtesy of Alan Wann
Above photo showing PETER G CAMPBELL leaving the Tyne is courtesy of The Engineer
Above photo as PETER G CAMPBELL is copyright of Capt William J Taylor
Above photo as PETER G CAMPBELL is copyright of Bowling Green State University
Above photo as GULF SENTINEL is courtesy of Photoship
Profile & Decks plan is copyright of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Image is courtesy of David Benedet. Click HERE to enlarge
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Shields Daily News, Thursday, 13/04/1933