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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