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Name: GLANTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/11/1964
Completed: 01/1965
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Company Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay, Wallsend
Yard Number: 277
Dimensions: 1594grt, 979nrt, 2620dwt, 264.8 x 39.3 x 17.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (340 x 570mm), 1340bhp
Engines by: British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 305432
History:
01/1965 Sharp Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
11/1971 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd; renamed STEYNING
1981 Caribbean Moonshine Corp, Panama; renamed JULIA
31/12/1988 Broken up
Comments: 31/12/1988: Arrived at Aliaga for breaking up


Above photo as GLANTON is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as GLANTON is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as STEYNING is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as STEYNING is copyright of Ray Perry

Above photo as STEYNING is copyright of Ray Perry