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Name: ROBERT DICKINSON
Type: Cargo Ship; (1889: Tanker)
Launched: 30/05/1881
Completed: 06/1881
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 221
Dimensions: 1978grt, 1297nrt, 278.7 x 35.4 x 22.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (36 & 68 x 42ins), 240nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82891
History:
24/06/1881 Bell & Symonds, London
1883 Robert Dickinson, London
1884 Edward J Walker, London
1885 Alfred Suart, London
1891 Petroleum Transport & Storage Co Ltd (A Suart), London
1897 European Petroleum Co Ltd (A Suart), London
1898 Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd (M Samuel), London
1904 Mikami & Tanaka, Kobe; renamed FUMI MARU
1914 T Mikami, Kobe
1915 Inugami Keigoro, Koge
1928 Takemura Hirokichi, Tokyo
1928 Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK, Tokyo
1932 Nippon Godo Kosen KK, Habu
1932 Broken up
Comments: 1889: Converted to a tanker
1932: Broken up (reported in 1934)


Above longitudinal profile plan is copyright of Lloyds Register of Shipping