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Name: BELVOIR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/05/1925
Completed: 06/1925
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1269
Dimensions: 2310grt, 1672nrt, 248.1 x 43.7 x 22.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 36ins), 171nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 148126
History:
06/1925 International Waterways Navigation Ltd, Newcastle & Montreal
1933 Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal
1933 Renamed NEW YORK NEWS
1963 Buckport Shipping Co Ltd, Montreal; renamed BUCKPORT
1965 Broken up
Comments: Q1/1965: Broken up at Montreal by St Lawrence Iron & Metal Co Ltd


Above photo as NEW YORK NEWS copyright of JH Bascom