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Name: GLAUCUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/12/1920
Completed: 06/1921
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 501
Dimensions: 7644grt, 4792nrt, 459.5 x 56.3 x 32.5ft
Engines: 1 x Steam turbine, DR geared, 1000nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 145852
History:
16/06/1921 Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co, managers), Liverpool
29/10/1955 Broken up
Comments: 29/10/1955: Broken up at Milford Haven by TW Ward


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Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox