Name: | BLUESTONE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/09/1923 |
Completed: | 10/1923 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1215 |
Dimensions: | 1367grt, 773nrt, 235.1 x 36.1 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 27ins), 120nhp |
Engines by: | Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 147543 |
History: | |
10/1923 | Crete Shipping Co Ltd (Stelp & Leighton Ltd), London |
1928 | Bugsier reed u Bergungs AG, Bremerhaven; renamed KRUSAU |
1947 | Belgian Government - Regie de la Marine, Antwerp |
1948 | Ancienne Maison Henri Deweert & fils SA, Ostend; renamed HENRI DEWEERT |
21/12/1954 | Missing |
Comments: | 11/06/1927: Capsized & sank 5 miles from Verkomatala Ligh Vessel near Bjorko |
On a voyage from Bjorkjo to Sutton Bridge | |
25/07/1927: Lifted, beached and then refloated. Subsequently sold & repaired | |
21/12/1954: Reported in distress in 54.18N - 04.29E, 100 miles NNE of Texel | |
On a voyage from Gothenburg to Velsen with a cargo of timber and pulp | |
Reported missing and presumed sank |
Above photo as HENRI DEWEERT courtesy of Photoship