Name: | ELFSTONE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/07/1924 |
Completed: | 08/1924 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1249 |
Dimensions: | 1371grt, 791nrt, 235.1 x 36.1 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 27ins), 120nhp |
Engines by: | J Abernethy & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Reg Number: | 147708 |
History: | |
08/08/1924 | Crete Shipping Co Ltd (Stelp & Leighton Ltd), London |
1937 | McIlwraith, McEacharn Ltd, Sydney NSW; renamed MORTLAKE BANK |
1970 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1924: The engine had been manufactured in 1919 |
1Q/1970: Broken up at Sydney NSW by Goldfields Metal Traders |
Above photo as MORTLAKE BANK is courtesy of Don Ross
Above photo as MORTLAKE BANK is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as MORTLAKE BANK is courtesy of Photoship
Northern Whig, Friday, 18/07/1924