Name: | MICKLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/10/1902 |
Completed: | 11/1902 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 123 |
Dimensions: | 2412grt, 1531nrt, 305.0 x 43.1 x 20.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 58 x 39ins), 233nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114434 |
History: | |
11/1902 | Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle |
1907 | Northern Steamship Co Ltd, St Petersburg; renamed NEWA |
1909 | A/S Det Dansk Russiske D/S, Copenhagen |
1920 | Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen |
1923 | Renamed DELAWARE |
1926 | A/B Helsingfors SS Co Ltd (A/B Nielsen & Thorden O/Y), Helsingfors |
1941 | US War Shipping Administration (Waterman SS Agency Ltd), Panama |
1941 | Renamed PUCHERO |
1942 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1941: Transferred to the flag of Panama |
04/12/1941: Arrived at Galveston, Texas | |
27/12/1941: Requisitioned by the Government of the USA | |
07/09/1942: Grounded at Herero Point at position 19.18N - 87.27W | |
On a voyage from Belize to Pensacola with a cargo of mahogany logs | |
1942: Sold to Mexican shipbreakers |
Above photo as MICKLEY courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as DELAWARE courtesy of Bengt Sjostrom