Name: | CADUCEUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/10/1927 |
Completed: | 11/1927 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 227 |
Dimensions: | 4364grt, 2645nrt, 400.4 x 53.0 x 25.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 410nhp |
Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149447 |
History: | |
04/11/1927 | Hall Brothers Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1950 | Wallem & Co Ltd, Hong Kong |
1951 | Renamed VICTORIA PEAK |
1951 | Nangoku Senpaku KK, Tokyo; renamed YUHO MARU |
1954 | Daiwa Kisen KK, Tokyo |
1955 | Nitto Shosen KK, Tokyo |
1956 | Kusakabe Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed RISSHUN MARU |
24/09/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | 24/09/1962: Broken up at Onomichi, Japan |
Above photo as CADUCEUS is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as CADUCEUS is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as YUHO MARU is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 13/10/1927