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Name: CAMPUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/01/1925
Completed: 03/1925
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 387
Dimensions: 3667grt, 2250nrt, 362.5 x 50.9 x 22.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 369nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148282
History:
14/03/1925 Tempus Shipping Co Ltd (WH Seager & Co Ltd), Cardiff
1946 Radon Navigation Co Ltd (Radonich Ltd), London; renamed RADMAR
27/05/1952 Broken up
Comments: 12/01/1952: Grounded on Maasvlakte, Hook of Holland
On a voyage from Rotterdam to Savona with a cargo of coal
26/01/1952: Refloated
27/05/1952: Arrived at Zeebrugge for breaking up
05/1952: Broken up at Zelzate by J Bakker


Above photo as CAMPUS is copyright of Leslie W Hansen, courtesy of Museum Wales

Above photo as CAMPUS is copyright of Leslie W Hansen, courtesy of Museum Wales

Above photo as RADMAR is courtesy of Arie de Lange

Above photo of the builder's model of CAMPUS is courtesy of Museum Wales. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 27/01/1925