Name: | NORTHLAND |
Type | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/01/1926 |
Completed: | 04/1926 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1214 |
Dimensions: | 3445grt, 2029nrt, 287.7 x 47.2 x 22.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 393nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149409 |
History: | |
30/04/1926 | Eastern Shipping Co (Clarke Steamship Co Ltd), Quebec; registered at Newcastle |
1927 | Renamed NEW NORTHLAND |
1929 | Clarke Steamship Co Ltd, Quebec |
1930 | Registered at Quebec |
1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Elder, Dempster Lines Ltd, managers); registered at London |
1947 | Seaway Steamship Line Ltd; registered at Quebec |
1948 | Flota Mercante Dominicana CpA, Ciudad Trujillo; registered at Ciudad Trujillo |
1948 | Renamed NUEVO DOMINICANO |
17/10/1953 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Accommodation for 142 x 1st Class & 66 x 3rd Class passengers |
1940: Requisitioned by the Canadian Government as a troopship | |
17/10/1953: Wrecked near Cape Moa Light House, 21nm west of Baracoa, Cuba | |
On a voyage from Miami to Ciudad Trujillo in ballast |
Above photo as NEW NORTHLAND is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as NUEVO DOMINICANO is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
The Scotsman, Monday, 17/05/1926