Name: | LORCA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/09/1930 |
Completed: | 12/01/1931 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 504 |
Dimensions: | 4875grt, 3007nrt, 393.4 x 53.8 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 427nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 162525 |
History: | |
12/01/1931 | Cory & Strick (Steamers) Ltd (FC Strick & Co), London |
1943 | United British Shipping (Haldin & Phillipps) |
1943 | Maritime Shipping & Trading (Michalinos & Co), London |
1946 | Renamed LORADORE |
13/08/1955 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 13/08/1955: Wrecked on Bird Rocks, Magdalen Island, Gulf of St Lawrence |
On a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Montreal with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as LORCA courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as LORCA courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as LORADORE courtesy of George Robinson