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Name: MERCHANT PRINCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/11/1901
Completed: 01/1902
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 136
Dimensions: 3092grt, 2021nrt, 331.0 x 44.3 x 17.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 45ins), 361nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114419
History:
01/1902 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1916 Managers Furness, Withy & Co Ltd
1926 Polychronis Lyras, Chios; renamed K LYRAS
1936 Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough
02/1936 Broken up
Comments: 1936: Purchased by Joseph Constantine for the UK Scrap & Build scheme
06/02/1936: Arrived at Ghent for breaking up


Above photo as MERCHANT PRINCE courtesy of Photoship