Name: | CHATEAUROUX |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1921 |
Completed: | 02/1921 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 221 |
Dimensions: | 4185grt, 2546nrt, 364.1 x 52.8 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 64 x 42ins), 347nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0 knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1941: 166318) |
History: | |
02/1921 | Cie Française des Chemins de Fer de Paris-Orléans, Nantes |
1920 | Managers Soc Maritime Auxiliaire de Transports |
1929 | Cie Delmas Frères & Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
1936 | Cie Delmas - Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
1940 | Ministry of Shipping / Ministry of War Transport |
1940 | Managers Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool |
08/1944 | Cie Delmas - Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
07/1945 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/09/1940: Seized by the UK Government at Pointe Noire |
02/11/1944: Stranded near Dingle Jetty in the Mersey, | |
inwards from Quebec for Garston with a cargo of wood pulp | |
27/12/1944: Refloated and beached | |
25/05/1945: Refloated and sold for breaking up | |
11/07/1945: Arrived for breaking up at Preston |