Name: | CROFTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/08/1951 |
Completed: | 12/1951 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 568 |
Dimensions: | 8377grt, 4776nrt, 468.0 x 59.9 x 37.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 3750ihp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 183830 |
History: | |
12/1951 | Charente Steamship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
08/1971 | Spica Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed AGHIOS GEORGIOS |
1976 | Ifestion SA, Panama; renamed SAN GEORGIO II |
1977 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1977: Broken up at San Esteban de Pravia, left Bilbao 18/05/1977 |
Above photo as CROFTER copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as CROFTER copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as CROFTER courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as CROFTER copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as CROFTER copyright of Barney
Above photo as AGHIOS GEORGIOS courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as AGHIOS GEORGIOS copyright of Stan Mayes