Name: | BARON INVERCLYDE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/09/1953 |
Completed: | 01/1954 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 576 |
Dimensions: | 5479grt, 2896nrt, 438.4 x 57.5 x 25.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins) + LP turbine, 3800ihp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 180207 |
History: | |
24/12/1953 | Kelvin Shipping Co Ltd (H Hogarth & Sons Ltd), Ardrossan |
1963 | Medship Corporation, Monrovia; renamed JOHN MARIS |
1969 | Marine Express Transport Corp, Monrovia; renamed SAINT JOHN |
1970 | Metropolitan Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed GIANNIS |
19/06/1972 | Broken up |
Comments: | 19/06/1972: Arrived at Bilbao for breaking up by Hierros Arbulu |
Above photo as BARON INVERCLYDE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as BARON INVERCLYDE is copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection
Above photo as JOHN MARIS is copyright of Hans-Wilhelm Delfs
Above photo as JOHN MARIS is courtesy of Photoship