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