Name: | BASKERVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/04/1954 |
Completed: | 07/1954 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 578 |
Dimensions: | 5805grt, 2987nrt, 453.2 x 59.2 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 4200shp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186100 |
History: | |
07/1954 | Barberry’s Steamship Co Ltd (Runciman (London) Ltd), London |
1958 | Transatlantic Carriers Ltd (Walter Runciman & Co Ltd), London |
1962 | Managers became Canatlantic Ltd, London |
1967 | Achille Lauro, Naples; renamed IROLLI |
1970 | Ardee Investments Ltd (Mullion & Co, Hong Kong), Gibraltar |
1970 | Renamed GLENEALY |
07/1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | 25/06/1974: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
23/07/1974: Breaking up commenced by Chin Ho Fa Iron & Steel Co Ltd |
Above photo as BASKERVILLE is courtesy of Capt Jack Wilson
Above photo as BASKERVILLE is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as BASKERVILLE is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as BASKERVILLE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BASKERVILLE is copyright of John Low
Above photo as IROLLI is copyright of Aden Anthos