Name: | KENT |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/03/1899 |
Completed: | 05/1899 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 369 |
Dimensions: | 5464grt, 3548nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 505nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110127 |
History: | |
23/05/1899 | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1915 | Brodlea Steamship Co Ltd (Blue Star Line Ltd), London; renamed BRODLEA |
1920 | Union Cold Storage Co Ltd (Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd), London |
1920 | Renamed SAXONSTAR |
1929 | Renamed SAXON STAR |
09/1934 | Broken up |
Comments: | 17/09/1934: Arrived at Savona for breaking up |
Broken up by SA Ricuperi Metallici. Cost £8,000 |
Above photo as KENT is copyright of David de Maus
Above photo as KENT is copyright of John Dickie
Above photo as KENT is copyright of John Dickie