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Name: KINGSGATE
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 09/08/1948
Completed: 02/1949
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 129
Dimensions: 545grt, 278nrt, 179.3 x 27.2 x 9.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 5cyl (250 x 420mm), 97Mn
Engines by: British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183384
History:
08/02/1949 Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd, Hull
1973 Losinjska Plovidba, Rijeka; renamed VALUN
1985 Brodogradiliste "Cres" ZPiUP, Rijeka
05/07/1986 Broken up
Comments: 05/07/1986: Broken up by Remontni Zavod Sava Kovacevic at Tivat, Montenegro


Photo taken whilst on charter. Photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Photo as VALUN is courtesy of Richard Cox