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Name: J H PLUMMER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/03/1903
Completed: 05/1903
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 740
Dimensions: 1643grt, 1238nrt, 246.4 x 36.6 x 21.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114447
History:
05/1903 W Petersen Ltd, Newcastle
1905 Canadian Lake & Ocean Nav Co Ltd, Newcastle
1911 Merchants Mutual Line Ltd, Newcastle
1917 Canadian Northern Steamships Ltd, Newcastle
1918 Canadian Maritime Co Ltd, Newcastle
1920 Soc Belge d'Armement Maritime SA, Antwerp; renamed VAN EYCK
1923 Kirkwood Line Ltd, Montreal; renamed J H PLUMMER
1924 Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co Ltd (J Griffiths & Sons, managers), Vancouver
1924 Renamed AMUR
1946 Cia de Vapores Sino-Americana SA, Panama City; renamed FAR EASTERN CARRIER
1946 Tung An Shipping Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed TUNG AN
10/04/1949 Wrecked
Comments: 10/04/1949: Wrecked 6 miles SW of Shaweishan, Yangtse
On voyage from Tsingtao to Shanghai with a cargo of scrap metal


Above photo as J H PLUMMER copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums