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Name: LECH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/01/1934
Completed: 07/03/1934
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1444
Dimensions: 1568grt, 790nrt, 281.4 x 40.1 x 16.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (19.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins) & DR Geared LP Turbine, 335nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/03/1934 Polish British Steamship Co Ltd, Gdynia, Poland
1951 Incorporated into Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia
1967 Broken up
Comments: 12/1964: Hulked
1967: Broken up at Gdansk


Photo courtesy of Richard Cox