Name: | INDEPENDENCIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/09/1905 |
Completed: | 11/1905 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 776 |
Dimensions: | 1100grt, 589nrt, 210.0 x 32.2 x 11.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 30ins), 127nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1928: 160399) |
History: | |
11/1905 | Lloyd Bahia Blanca SA de Navegacion a Vapor, Bahia Blanca |
1909 | Marine Mercante Argentina SA de Nav, Bahia Blanca |
1918 | Service Maritime de Protectorat du Maroc (P Castanie), Casablanca |
1921 | Managers Union d'Entreprises Marocaines: renamed CHELLAH |
1922 | Cia de Nav Caregadores Acoreanos, Ponta Delgada |
1922 | Renamed GONCALHO VELHO |
1928 | Luke, Thomas & Co Ltd, London; renamed VELHO |
1928 | Cowasjee, Dinshaw & Bros, London & Aden |
02/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 16/02/1957: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up |
02/1957: Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/09/1905