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Name: HUMBERGATE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/04/1960
Completed: 01/04/1960
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 245
Dimensions: 200grt, 98nrt, 305dwt, 117.9 x 25.3 x 8.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Lister-Blackstone type, 4cyl (8.75 x 11.5ins), 264bhp
Engines by: Blackstone & Co Ltd, Stamford
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 300223
History:
04/1960 Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd (Craggs & Jenkin), Goole
02/10/1963 Sank
Comments: 02/10/1963: Sank 7 miles south of Trevose Head after springing a leak
On a voyage from Porthoustock to Bristol with a cargo of stone


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