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Name: LANGLEECRAG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/06/1929
Completed: 07/1929
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 991
Dimensions: 4909grt, 2997nrt, 416.0 x 55.8 x 25.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40.5 & 70 x 48ins), 481nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161528
History:
11/07/1929 Medomsley Steam Shipping Co Ltd (F Carrick & Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle
1941 Managers became HG Mann, Newcastle
15/11/1947 Wrecked
Comments: 15/11/1947: Wrecked at the eastern end of Sacred Island, Newfoundland
On a voyage from Hull to Montreal in ballast


Above photo is copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost collection

Above image is courtesy of Richard Cox