Name: | GALILEO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/10/1907 |
Completed: | 08/1908 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 151 |
Dimensions: | 4768grt, 3064nrt, 410.0 x 52.0 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52 & 75 x 54ins), 367nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128102 |
History: | |
08/1908 | T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull |
1917 | Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd, Hull |
21/09/1927 | Broken up |
Comments: | 30/08/1926: Flooded & capsized at New York while fighting a fire in a coal bunker |
06/08/1927: Refloated and sold for breaking | |
21/09/1927: Arrived at Baltimore for breaking by Union Shipbuilding Co. |
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