| Name: | GRANWOOD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/07/1959 |
| Completed: | 10/1959 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 601 |
| Dimensions: | 8182grt, 4388nrt, 487.1 x 61.3 x 26.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, Sulzer type, 2SA, 7cyl (720 x 1250mm), 6300ihp |
| Engines by: | G Clark & North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (Sunderland) Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 301016 |
| History: | |
| 10/1959 | Wm France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London |
| 1971 | Ofmike Corporation, Monrovia; renamed PENNY MICHAELS |
| 1976 | Renamed LAMDA |
| 1980 | Renamed BLUE DANUBE |
| 1981 | Black Sea Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed BELMONTE |
| 07/1982 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/05/1968: Damaged by a limpet mine & beached off Key West |
| On a voyage from Botwood to Houston & towed to Mobile for temporary repairs | |
| Mine was blamed on an anti Castro group that thought she was trading with Cuba | |
| Subsequently towed to Immingham for permanent repairs | |
| 11/07/1982: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up | |
| Broken up by Karnafuly Metal Works |
Above photo as GRANWOOD is copyright of John G Johnson
Above photo as GRANWOOD is copyright of John G Johnson
Coming to Sunderland for engines. Photo as GRANWOOD is copyright of Tony Frost
Above photo as GRANWOOD is copyright of Brian Watson
Above photo as GRANWOOD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as GRANWOOD is copyright of Alan Richardson