| Name: | ESKWATER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/07/1956 |
| Completed: | 10/1956 |
| Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
| Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | 76 |
| Dimensions: | 616grt, 339nrt, 800dwt, 190.4 x 30.1 x 11.8ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 8cyl (10.5 x 13.5ins), 130bhp; |
| (1974: Oil engine, 4SA, 12cyl (159 x 203mm), 765bhp) | |
| Engines by: | Crossley Brothers Ltd, Manchester; (1974: Caterpillar) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Reg Number: | 187473 |
| History: | |
| 10/1956 | Eskgarth Shipping Co Ltd, London |
| 1958 | Blue Peter Steamships Ltd, St John's, Newfoundland |
| 1958 | Renamed BLUE TRADER |
| 1971 | Stephenville Shipping Ltd, St John's; renamed SANDY POINT NO 1 |
| 1976 | Maritime Reefer Service Inc, Panama; renamed SOL ECLIPSE |
| 1978 | Salta Shipping Corporation, Georgetown; renamed HANCOCK CLIPPER |
| 1980 | M & R Shipping Ltd, Georgetown, Cayman; renamed CHATA TWO |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1974: Re-engined |
| 2001: Deleted from Lloyd's Register, existence in doubt |
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