Name: | OVERSTONE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/02/1924 |
Completed: | 02/1924 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 384 |
Dimensions: | 3940grt, 2387nrt, 380.3 x 51.9 x 23.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 381nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145739 |
History: | |
25/02/1924 | C Radcliffe, Cardiff |
1927 | Turnbull Scott Shiping Co Ltd (Turnbull, Scott & Co, managers), London |
1927 | Renamed SALTERSGATE |
09/06/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/06/1944: Scuttled as part of Gooseberry No3 at Normandy |
Above photo as SALTERSGATE is courtesy of Clive Ketley