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Name: BOW
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1904
Completed: 08/1904
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 136
Dimensions: 565grt, 288nrt, 165.3 x 30.1 x 12.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 104nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118469
History:
08/1904 Commercial Gas Co, London
1926 Striver Steamship Co Ltd (H Harrison, manager), London
1927 Kilvey Shipping Co Ltd (JE Fisher & Co Ltd, managers), Swansea
1927 Renamed KILVEY
1927 Charles Chase, Dover
1929 British Lloyd Steam Navigation Co Ltd (CP Yapp, manager), London
1931 Charles Strubin & Co Ltd, London
07/1935 Broken up
Comments: 07/1935: Broken up by Van Heyghen Freres at Ghent