Name: | ETHYLENE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/1921 |
Completed: | 05/1921 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 226 |
Dimensions: | 936grt, 489nrt, 224.7 x 32.0 x 13.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 27ins), 116mn |
Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145183 |
History: | |
09/04/1921 | Gas, Light & Coke Co, London |
1949 | Owners restyled as North Thames Gas Board, London |
1953 | Hargreaves Coal & Shipping Co Ltd (Comben, Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1953 | Renamed HARFRY |
05/03/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 17/10/1940: Damaged by a mine near the East Oaze Buoy |
05/03/1957: Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex |
Above photo as ETHYLENE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as HARFRY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HARFRY is courtesy of Photoship