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Name: MARCHON VENTURER
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 17/02/1962
Completed: 05/1962
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 255
Dimensions: 1599grt, 749nrt, 2508dwt, 261.2 (OA) x 39.25 x 19.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (420 x 660mm), 1800bhp
Engines by: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Koln
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187971
History:
07/05/1962 Leo Lines Ltd, Whitehaven
1968 Albright & Wilson Ltd, Whitehaven
1981 Annan Shipping Co Ltd, Whitehaven; renamed CHON VENT
1983 Ladino Shipping Co, Whitehaven; renamed SHEILA H
28/06/1984 Broken up
Comments: Sized to the limitations of Whitehaven Docks
To carry phosphate from Casablanca to Whitehaven for the Marchon Products factory
28/06/1984: Broken up at Split by Brodospas


Above photo as MARCHON VENTURER courtesy of Peter J Fitzpatrick

Above photo as MARCHON VENTURER courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as CHON VENT courtesy of Richard Cox