Name: | GASLIGHT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/05/1920 |
Completed: | 08/1920 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 218 |
Dimensions: | 1696grt, 997nrt, 260.6 x 37.7 x 16.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 180mn |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144696 |
History: | |
18/08/1920 | Gas, Light & Coke Co, London |
1949 | Owners restyled North Thames Gas Board, London |
1954 | Williamstown Shipping Co Ltd (Comben, Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1954 | Renamed ESSEXBROOK |
14/03/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/11/1941: Damaged by German aircraft, towed into Sunderland |
14/03/1957: Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex |
Photo as GASLIGHT is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as ESSEXBROOK is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as ESSEXBROOK is courtesy of Richard Cox