Name: | KIDDERPORE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/11/1919 |
Completed: | 14/02/1920 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1141 |
Dimensions: | 5334grt, 3263nrt, 400.4 x 52.4 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48in), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Reg Number: | 142858 |
History: | |
13/02/1920 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co; registered at Newcastle |
12/03/1939 | Broken up |
Comments: | Laid down as a "Type B" War Standard ship for the UK Shipping Controller |
Purchased for £200,216 to serve on the India to Japan route | |
12/03/1939: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up | |
Broken up by Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori; cost £9,350 |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 19/02/1920