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