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Name: IRISHGATE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/03/1965
Completed: 01/05/1965
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 278
Dimensions: 800grt, 441nrt, 950dwt, 200.8 x 32.3 x 12.6ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (8.75 x 11.5in), 450bhp
Engines by: Blackstone & Co Ltd, Stamford
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 305788
History:
05/1965 Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd (SF Craggs & Co Ltd), Hull
1974 JR Rix & Sons Ltd. Hull; renamed JEMRIX
1984 Highseas Ltd (JR Rix & Sons), Hull
1985 Jemrix Shipping Co Ltd (JR Rix & Sons), Hull & Nassau
1994 Scania Navigation Corporation, Nassau; renamed KATHLEEN D
07/01/1996 Sank
Comments: 1986: Lengthened to 71.5m, 843gt
07/01/1996: Sank in the Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles west of Tampa
On a voyage from Mobile to Port Esquivel with a cargo of sulphate


Above photo as IRISHGATE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as IRISHGATE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as JEMRIX is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as JEMRIX is copyright of Patrick Hill

Above photo as JEMRIX is copyright of Peter Robinson