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Name: CLONMORE
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 06/05/1947
Completed: 07/1947
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 105
Dimensions: 547grt, 280nrt, 178.7 x 27.1 x 9.2ft;
(1959: 586grt, 320nrt,192.3 x 27.1 x 11.1ft) (*)
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 5cyl (9.8 x 16.6ins), 450bhp;
(1959: Oil engine, 2SA, 5cyl (250 x 420mm))
Engines by: British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow;
(1959: Crossley Brothers Ltd, Openshaw, Manchester)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169216
History:
07/1947 Samuel Morris Ltd, Newcastle
1955 Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd, Hull; renamed HESSLEGATE
1966 A Kavadas & G Antoniades, Thessaloniki: renamed CHRISTOPHORUS II
1970 Wafik Begdache, Beirut: renamed MAHDI
1973 Anis AM Begdache & Co, Beirut; renamed DIYA
No further history known
Comments: 1959: Re-engined
1959: Lengthened
1995: Deleted from LR as continued existance in doubt
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Extreme Breadth and Draft


Above photo as CLONMORE courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as HESSLEGATE courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as HESSLEGATE courtesy of Richard Cox