Name: | ACTION |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/11/1955 |
Completed: | 01/1956 |
Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
Yard Number: | 74 |
Dimensions: | 177grt, 97nrt, 240dwt, 90.3 x 21.7 x 9.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Kelvin type, DA, 3cyl (152 x 229mm), 130bhp |
Engines by: | Bergius Co Ltd, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Reg Number: | 187204 |
History: | |
20/01/1956 | The London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd, Rochester |
10/1972 | Crampton Brothers (Coopers) Ltd, Liverpool |
15/10/1973 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 15/10/1973: Wrecked near Millom after engine failure |
On a voyage from Fleetwood to Cork with a cargo of scrap | |
Abandoned & subsequently broken up 'as lies' by C Hindle |
Above photo is copyright of Charlie Hill
Above photo is courtesy of Roger Jordan