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Name: FRANK COVERDALE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/03/1903
Completed: 05/1903
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 78
Dimensions: 3894grt, 2499nrt, 340.0 x 47.1 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109727
History:
05/1903 J Coverdale & Son, Hartlepool
1913 Arthur Balfour Steam Ship Co Ltd (Sanderson Bros & Jones), Hartlepool
1913 Renamed ARTHUR BALFOUR
1917 S Instone & Co Ltd, Cardiff; renamed CARSTON
1918 Bathampton Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Christie & Co), Cardiff
1921 Char D Paschalis, Alexandria
1926 Diapoulis & Dambassis, Andros; renamed GOULANDRIS
06/11/1932 Sank
Comments: Launched as GLORIANA for British Maritime Trust, West Hartlepool
06/11/1932: Sank 5 miles off south coast of Crete, on a voyage
from Karavostassi, Crete to Stettin with a cargo of iron ore