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