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Name: ACTUALITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/06/1966
Completed: 11/1966
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 289
Dimensions: 698grt, 488nrt, 214.6 x 32.5 x 12.2ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6-O type, 6cyl, 840bhp; (1974: 4SCSA, ESL8MK2, 8cyl, 1000bhp)
Engines by: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury; (1974: Mirrlees Blackstone (Stamford) Ltd, Stamford)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 309771
History:
11/1963 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe
09/1982 Allsworth Shipping Ltd, Queenborough; renamed HUGHINA
06/1983 Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd, Cowes; renamed GRETA C
07/1988 Runwave Ltd, Avonmouth; renamed DEVONIA
1991 Echo Shipping S de rl, Hinduras; renamed renamed ECHO I
1994 Joel Shipping Corp, Belize; renamed JOEL
199X Rafael Gonzalez, Honduras; renamed BEATRIZ I
No further history known
Comments: 03/1974: Re-engined
04/1998: Reported as in port with machinery damage
Deleted from 1999 Lloyds Register as “Continued existence in doubt”


Above photo as ACTUALITY is copyright of Iain Forsyth

Above photo as ACTUALITY is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as GRETA C is courtesy of Richard Cox