Name: | MICKLEHAM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/01/1920 |
Completed: | 04/1920 |
Builder: | J & D Morris Ltd |
Yard: | Pelaw Main |
Yard Number: | 67 |
Dimensions: | 366grt, 146nrt, 135.3 x 23.6 x 10.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 62rhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144508 |
History: | |
14/04/1920 | John Harrison Ltd, London |
1920 | Walford Lines, London; renamed JOLLY LAURA |
1928 | Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Sunderland; renamed BELFORD |
1936 | JM Piggins, Montrose |
1948 | South Wales Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Swansea; renamed GLEN FOAM |
1963 | Tay Sand Co Ltd, Dundee |
22/10/1963 | Broken up |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR ARUN for the British Government |
1948: Converted to sand pump dredger | |
22/10/1963: Broken up at Briton Ferry by TW Ward |
Above photo as GLEN FOAM is courtesy of Ron Tovey
Shields Daily News, Friday, 23/01/1920