Name: | ABUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/05/1914 |
Completed: | 07/1914 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 290 |
Dimensions: | 272grt, 101nrt, 119.4 x 23.4 x 8.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (15 & 30 x 21ins), 50rhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136201 |
History: | |
21/07/1914 | D Hurtley & Sons Ltd, Hull; registered at Hull |
1918 | James Kell, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
1922 | John R Rix, Hull; registered at Hull; renamed NORRIX |
1930 | Wilson Steamship Co Ltd, registered at Whitehaven; renamed CUMBRIA |
01/07/1955 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/07/1955: Arrived at Troon for breaking up |
05/07/1955: Breaking up started by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Yard | |
03/10/1955: Breaking up completed | |
Launch date from TIC records, some sources have 26/05/2014 |
Photo as CUMBRIA is courtesy of Photoship