Name: | GANANDOC |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/03/1929 |
Completed: | 04/1929 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1383 |
Dimensions: | 1924grt, 1144nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 161511 |
History: | |
04/1929 | Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle & Fort William, Ontario |
1942 | US War Shipping Admin (Alcoa SS Co Inc), Panama |
1948 | Wallem & Co Ltd, Panama & Hong Kong |
1954 | NM Paterson & Sons Ltd, Fort William, Ontario |
1961 | Sandland Ships Ltd, Nassau (Ahern Shipping Ltd, Montreal) |
1961 | Renamed SUGARLAND |
20/11/1961 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 20/11/1961: Wrecked on Arcas Reef off Campeche Bay, 80 miles from Port Campeche |
On a voyage from Tampa to Coatzacoalcos with a cargo of phosphate rock |
Above photo as GANANDOC copyright of Bowling Green State University