Name: | CORALSTONE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1924 |
Completed: | 06/1924 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1245 |
Dimensions: | 1375grt, 791nrt, 235.1 x 36.1 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25.5 & 40 x 27ins), 120nhp |
Engines by: | Davey, Paxman & Co Ltd, Colchester |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147676 |
History: | |
18/06/1924 | Crete Shipping Co Ltd (Stelp & Leighton Ltd, managers), London |
11/12/1934 | McIlwraith, McEacharn Ltd, Melbourne; registered at Sydney; renamed HETTON BANK |
1961 | San Raimundo Cia Naviera SA, Panama; renamed LA UNION |
1Q/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | Engine manufactured in 1919 & removed from Crete Shipping's tug CRETEYARD in 1924 |
10/1961: Laid up at Hong Kong | |
12/1961: Broken up by Chiap Mua Manufacturing Co (1947) Ltd at Hong Kong |
Above photo as HETTON BANK is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo as HETTON BANK is copyright of Allan C Green
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 26/06/1924