Name: | CAIRNDHU |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/12/1918 |
Completed: | 03/1919 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 884 |
Dimensions: | 5250grt, 3218nrt, 399.3 x 52.2 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142828 |
History: | |
27/03/1919 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1935 | Livanos Brothers, Chios; renamed STRYMON |
1937 | Livanos Maritime Co Ltd (NG Livanos), Chios |
1951 | Cia Maritima Internacional SA (S Livanos), Panama; renamed LIBERTY |
17/01/1952 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Launched as WAR CAMEL for The Shipping Controller |
17/01/1952: Wrecked at Portheras Cove, 5 miles east of Pendeen | |
On a voyage from Newport to La Goulette in ballast |
Above photo as CAIRNDHU is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as LIBERTY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LIBERTY, six months later, is copyright of Penzance Archives