Name: | C W S PROGRESS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/01/1931 |
Completed: | 02/1931 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 1070 |
Dimensions: | 967grt, 514nrt, 213.2 x 32.3 x 12.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 28 & 47 x 33ins), 174nhp; (1958: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (350 x 500mm)) |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd; (1958: Skoda, Prague) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147425 |
History: | |
19/02/1931 | Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Manchester |
1957 | NG Lampiris, Piraeus; renamed GEORGIOS L |
1962 | DN Levantakis & Co, Piraeus; renamed POLA II |
1966 | DN Levantakis & Co, Piraeus; renamed KASTRIANI |
1969 | Michel Corm, Beirut; renamed MABROUK |
23/11/1969 | Sank |
Comments: | 1958: Re-engined |
23/11/1969: Sank after an explosion 20nm SW of Cape Gata, Cyprus | |
On a voyage from Beirut to Trieste carrying fruit juice & general cargo |
Above photo as CWS PROGRESS is copyright of Tyne and Wear Archives
Above photo as GEORGIOS L, at Goole in 1957, is copyright of Charlie Hill