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Name: CHELSHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/1919
Completed: 10/1919
Builder: J & D Morris
Yard: Pelaw Main
Yard Number: 66
Dimensions: 366grt, 146nrt, 135.3 x 23.6 x 10.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 62nhp;
(1952: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (240 x 410mm))
Engines by: Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields;
(1952: F Tosi SpA, Legnano)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143438
History:
26/09/1919 John Harrison Ltd, London
1920 Walford Lines Ltd, London; renamed JOLLY NORMAN
1931 Cie Nantaise de Nav à Vapeur, Nantes; renamed BRAZMOR
1936 Soc Auxiliaire de Port de Caen, Nantes
1951 Giuseppe Genorali, Viareggio; renamed BURLAMACCA
1956 Soc Industriale Marittima di Nav, Genoa
1958 Piccolo Cabotaggio Srl, Venice
1962 Coccolo Scordino, Monfalcone; renamed SANGIORGINA
1963 Kavvadas Bros, Piraeus; renamed NIKOLAOS K
1970 George Karamis, Piraeus; renamed ARCHON MICHAIL
05/1975 Broken up
Comments: Laid down as WAR MEDWAY for the British Government
1942: Under German naval control
08/1944: Returned to owners at Bayonne
1952: Converted to a motor vessel
05/1975: Grounded, refloated and broken up


Above photo as BRAZMOR is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net

Above photo as ARCHON MICHAIL is courtesy of Richard Cox