Name: | PARKHAVEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/06/1920 |
Completed: | 11/1920 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 215 |
Dimensions: | 4803grt, 2984nrt, 360.0 x 52.0.x 31.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 401nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1920 | Gebr Van Uden, Rotterdam |
1925 | NV Gebr van Uden’s Scheepvaart en Agentuur Mij, Rotterdam |
06/1945 | Broken up |
Comments: | 10/07/1944: Scuttled off Ouistreham, Normandy |
To reinforce the breakwater of the artificial 'D' Day harbour | |
06/1945: Refloated and towed to the Clyde for breaking up |
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