Name: | CHATHAM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/12/1905 |
Completed: | 03/1906 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 763 |
Dimensions: | 3653grt, 2543nrt, 370.4 x 51.0 x 22.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 458nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120675 |
History: | |
1905 | Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London |
1912 | Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Hamburg |
1914 | Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Bayonne; renamed CALORIA |
1923 | Vaccaro Brothers & Co, New Orleans |
1924 | Standard Fruit & SS Co Inc, New Orleans |
1934 | Standard Navigation Corp (Standard Fruit & SS Co Inc) |
1947 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1912: Converted to a tanker |
05/08/1914: Arrived at New Orleans & transferred to USA flag | |
3Q/1947: Broken up at Mobile by Liberty Industrial Salvage |
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