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Name: CHATTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/09/1925
Completed: 10/1925
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 222
Dimensions: 3564grt, 2185nrt, 360.0 x 50.0 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 370nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148138
History:
15/10/1925 Brantingham Steamship Co Ltd (T Pratt & Co), Newcastle
1934 Cia Maritima Union (M Urruchua), Bilbao; renamed EL NEPTUNO
1946 Naviera Bilbaina, Bilbao
11/1966 Broken up
Comments: 09/1937: Laid up at Southampton during the Spanish Civil War
11/1966: Broken up at Bilbao by Revalorizacion de Materiales


Above photo as EL NEPTUNO is copyright of Leslie W Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as EL NEPTUNO is courtesy of Dave Edge