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Name: GARONNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/06/1899
Completed: 14/08/1899
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 59
Dimensions: 1491grt, 890nrt, 249.7 x 35.2 x 15.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19.5, 32.5 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1899 Det Forenede Dampskibs Selsk, Copenhagen
05/1939 Nobels Explosives Co Ltd, Irvine
1939 Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Irvine
01/1957 Broken up
Comments: 02/1939: Converted to an explosives storage hulk based at Loch Ridden
29/01/1957: Arrived at Faslane for breaking by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 09/06/1899