Name: | GABOON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/12/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1915 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 193 |
Dimensions: | 3297grt, 2005nrt, 337.0 x 48.5 x 22.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 429nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137434 |
History: | |
25/03/1915 | British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1933 | Cia Argentina de Nav Mihanovich, Buenos Aires; renamed PARANA |
1934 | Cia Uruguaya de Nav Ltda, Montevideo |
1942 | Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero SA, Buenos Aires |
1958 | Flota Argentina de Nav de Ultramar, Buenos Aires |
14/05/1905 | Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Buenos Aires |
1964 | Ayasa SA, Buenos Aires; renamed SIDERCA |
12/1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/1968: Broken up at Campana by AYASA |
Above photo as GABOON is courtesy of Photoship