Name: | GLENLEDI |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/06/1925 |
Completed: | 07/1925 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1271 |
Dimensions: | 2141grt, 235.1 x 44.2 x 23.9ft; (1925: 3571grt, 379.1ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 148133 |
History: | |
27/07/1925 | Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd, Midland, Ontario; registered at Newcastle |
1926 | Steamships Ltd (Canada Steamships Lines Ltd), Midland; registered at Midland |
1926 | Canada Steamships Lines Ltd, Midland; renamed RENVOYLE |
15/11/1967 | Government of the USA |
1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | Sailed for Canada with a cargo of extra frames & plates for a new mid section |
10/1925: Lengthened to 379.1ft by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co | |
01/06/1967: In collision with SYLVANIA | |
15/11/1967: Surrendered to US Marshall to limit liability for collision | |
Subsequently sold at auction for breaking up | |
Q1/1968: Broken up at Ashtabula by Acme Scrap & Metal Co Inc |
Above photo as GLENLEDI is copyright of Edward J Dowling
Above photo as RENVOYLE is copyright of Edward J Dowling
Above photo as RENVOYLE is copyright of Edward J Dowling