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Name: JERSEYMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/10/1915
Completed: 12/1915
Builder: J Readhead & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 450
Dimensions: 4305grt, 2731nrt, 393.4 x 51.1 x 25.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 437nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139105
History:
20/12/1915 Moor Line Ltd (Walter Runciman), London
1920 Western Counties Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed WESTMEAD
1922 Moor Line Ltd (Walter Runciman), London; renamed JERSEYMOOR
1927 Loyal Line Ltd (Carpenter & Tuck Ltd, managers), Cardiff; renamed LOYAL BRITON
1931 P Protopapas (JG Livanos, manager), Hydra, Greece; renamed PANOS
1934 Aristotle S Onassis, Piraeus; renamed ONASSI MARIA
06/09/1935 Wrecked
Comments: 06/09/1935: Wrecked on Capraia Island off the north coast of Corsica
On a voyage from Genoa to Piraeus in ballast


Above photo as JERSEYMOOR is courtesy of George Robinson