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Name: CLAN MACEWEN
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/03/1912
Completed: 06/1912
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 817
Dimensions: 6590grt, 4066nrt, 430.5 x 53.6 x 26.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (29, 49 & 80 x 60ins), 716nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133053
History:
15/06/1912 Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, Glasgow
1920 Scottish Shire Line Ltd (Turnbull Martin), Glasgow; renamed BUTESHIRE
1937 British & South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Houston Line), Glasgow
25/02/1948 Broken up
Comments: 25/02/1948: Broken up by TW Ward at Preston


Above photo as BUTESHIRE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as BUTESHIRE is copyright of the State Library of Victoria

Above photo as BUTESHIRE is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return